Both photos feature the same individual.
They were taken within two minutes of each other.
Q: are rosellas cockatoos?
A: no.
Cockatoos are a subset of parrots; as a group, the “cockies” are the loudest, biggest and smartest, the least widely-distributed…and they have crests.
Cockatoos are parrots, but relatively few parrots are cockatoos.
Click here for a good overview of “cockatoos/parrots”.
Click this to learn more about western rosellas.
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