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Cockatiels come in a variety of colors. The most common are gray, pearl, pied, and lutino. <br />Gray: Common gray body with white face or yellow face.<br />Pearl: Gray with yellow tips on their wings.<br />Pied: All yellow with orange cheeks.<br />Lutino: All white with orange cheeks.
As a species, cockatiels are actually small parrots and only 1 of approximately 340 different species of parrots. The name cockatiel is a derivative of the Dutch word Kakatielje which means little cockatoo. DNA research (UC-Davis, 1997) has proven that cockatiels really do belong to one of the cockatoo families.