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sulphur-crested

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  • The older gentleman on the far left must be a Bell or Wallen uncle, and the remainder Bell siblings, including Aunt Ethel Cavanagh; Aunt Gwladys Bowman (affectionately known as Paddy), and Uncle Arthur E. Bell, top right, with his cheerful pet sulphur-crested cockatoo.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Schachner and her colleagues closely studied Alex, a well-known African grey parrot who passed away shortly after the study, and Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo whose humanlike dancing behavior has led to online fame.

    Animals Can Move To A Musical Beat? show me! | Impact Lab 2009

  • The subject of their study -- a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball -- kept pace with the tempo in a way that dogs, cats and chimpanzees cannot.

    Magic Flute: Primal Find Sings of Music's Mystery 2009

  • We should care as much about our sulphur-crested newts as we do our gorillas - that's my opinion of course.

    The Rights Of Animals Jack of Kent 2009

  • In fact in between cages of sulphur-crested cockatoos like Snowball, umbrella and citron-crested, Goffin's and Moluccan cockatoos are cockatoos covered with nothing but a fuzzy white down -- like baby chicks -- due to the common nervous, addictive habit of feather plucking.

    Sure You're Ready for a Dancing Cockatoo like Snowball? 2009

  • As for parrot colours: yellow like a sulphur-crested cockatoo?

    Now for the important question StyleyGeek 2007

  • I hear sulphur-crested cockatoos playing in the morning.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Zoe Brain 2006

  • I hear sulphur-crested cockatoos playing in the morning.

    Tag! You're It! Zoe Brain 2006

  • He had found the sulphur-crested cockatoo, another New Guinea species.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • He had found the sulphur-crested cockatoo, another New Guinea species.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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