Blue-eyed cockatoo

Description

The blue-eyed cockatoo is a large,approximately 50 centimetres (20 in) long,mainly white cockatoo with an erectile yellow and white crest,a black beak,dark grey legs,and a light blue rim of featherless skin around each eye,that gives this species its name.The sexes are very similar in appearance.Some males have a dark brown iris and some females have a reddish-brown iris,but this small difference is not always reliable as a gender indicator.The blue-eyed cockatoo is easily mistaken for the yellow-crested and sulphur-crested cockatoos,but has a more rounded crest with more white to the frontal part,and a brighter blue eye-ring.The Blue-eyed cockatoo reaches full maturity after 4 years and lives an average of 50 years.