| Species | Bird |
|---|---|
| Origin | Indonesia |
| Size Category | Extra-Large |
| Scientific Name | Cacatua moluccensis |
| Category | Parrot |
| Husbandry Difficulty | Expert |
| Social Needs | Highly-social |
| Weight Range | 0.6–1 kg |
|---|---|
| Height Range | 40–52 cm |
| Lifespan | 40–70 years |
| Juvenile Stage Ends | 36 months |
| Senior Age Threshold | 40 years |
| Condition | Onset Stage | Risk | Hereditary | Screening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease | juvenile | low | No | Recommended |
| Feather-picking/Self-mutilation | adult | high | No | Recommended |
| Obesity/Fatty Liver Disease | adult | medium | No | Recommended |
| Cloacal prolapse | adult | medium | No | Recommended |
| Sarcocystis | adult | medium | No | Recommended |
| Litter Size | 1–3 |
|---|---|
| CHIC Required Tests | Incubation: 24-28 days |
| Recommended DNA Tests | Weaning: 12-14 weeks |
| Temperature | 18-28°C |
|---|---|
| Humidity | 50-70% |
| UVB Requirement | 122x91x122cm |
| Diet | Pellets 75%, fresh vegetables/fruits/legumes/grains 20%, seeds/nuts 5% |
| Anxiety Proneness | High |
|---|---|
| Top Triggers | Lack of attention/boredom, changes in owner appearance (glasses/hair), confinement/small cages |
| Separation Anxiety Risk | Very High |
| Calming Interventions | Foraging toys, chewable wood/branches, mechanical puzzles, daily out-of-cage time, training sessions, music/dancing |
| Enrichment Needs | Feather destructive behavior risk: High |
| Locomotion | Climbing using beak as third foot, walking, flying, gliding |
|---|---|
| Social | Mutual preening (head/neck), cuddling with mate/owner, flock calling, dancing to music |
| Comfort | Preening, bathing/showering, resting on highest perch, beak grinding |
| Stress/Displacement | Feather plucking, self-mutilation, excessive screaming, mate aggression, cage destruction, pacing |
| Breed-Specific | Crest raising to show emotion, foot stamping, bill clacking, chewing/shredding wood, holding food with one foot |
| Types | Shrill screeches, loud calls, quavering notes, limited mimicry of words/sounds |
|---|---|
| Frequency Range | 2000-8000 Hz |
| Tendency | Very High |
| Primary Modality | Limited |
| AI-Trainable Signals | Crest raising/lowering, facial feather puffing, foot stamping, bill clacking, wing flapping, vocalization frequency/pitch |
|---|---|
| Context-Dependent Vocalizations | Shrill screeching for attention, morning/evening flock calling, loud screaming when distressed or bored, soft vocalizations during mutual preening |
| Interspecies Communication | Strong emotional bonding with human owners, misidentifying humans as mates, mimicking human speech/sounds, responding to human music/rhythm |