#0923 · 🐦 birds
Cockatiel
🇳🇱 Valkparkiet ·Nymphicus hollandicus
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- 1. © Steve Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 4. © Kris Bernard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Steve Guttman NYC · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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- 8. © Charles Dove · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
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what is it?
The cockatiel ( Nymphicus hollandicus ), also known as the quarrion and the weiro , is a bird that is a member of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,663 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 86 g.
- Scientifically named by Robert Kerr in 1792 (234 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Cockatiel
- Nederlands
- Valkparkiet
- scientific name
- Nymphicus hollandicus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Psittaciformes
- family
- Cacatuidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 259
- sightings worldwide
- 6,663
- GBIF records in NL
- 339
- weight
- 86 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Robert Kerr
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cacatuidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116993, Wikidata Q514809, GBIF 2479977, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.