The Lessor Sulfur Crested Cockatoo is highly trainable and quite beautiful. It is no surprise this wonderful parrot is popular throughout the world.
The Lessor Sulfur Crested Cockatoo are readily trained to learn tricks.
They also have exhibited strong mimicking ability, with many owners reporting speech from their Lessor Sulfur Crested Cockatoo. Like all parrots there are not guarantees your Cockatoo will talk. It has also been reported that the speech of the Lessor Sulfur Cockatoo is not as good as that of the African Grey varieties.
The hallmark of this Cockatoo is his striking yellow crest. Their erect crest stands proudly atop his head. The crest of this cockatoo is one of the largest and most impressive among all members. When relaxed the crest lies facing back on his head, but when excited or stimulated it rises straight up standing several inches in height. The bright yellow feathers are accented by several white feathers beginning the crest at the front. Aside from the brilliant yellow crest the rest of the Cockatoo's plumage is white. In addition they have soft yellow cheek patches and yellow can be seen on the underside of the tail and wings. They are smaller than some of the other Cockatoo species measuring in at thirteen inches (33 cm) with a wing length of eight to nine and a half inches (21 - 245cm). They black bills and dark brown iris. Males and females look identical except the female typically has a smaller bill and a lighter colored iris, which is brown or reddish in color. The immature bird has lighter feet than the normal adult gray.
The Lessor Sulfur Crested Cockatoo has a fairly wide natural range beginning in Australia and also seen in Singapore, and possibly Indonesia.