Major Mitchell's Cockatoo With Its Amazing Crest

It also feeds in trees, and will shelter among foliage from the heat. The Major Mitchell's cockatoo can extract seeds from hard nuts, due to its strong beak. It also extracts the larvae of insects from branches of Acacias and Eucalyptus. The Major Mitchell's cockatoo makes a repeated quavering creek-ery-cree while flying. Its alarm call is the same noise, rapidly repeated, which results in a continuous screech. The Major Mitchell's cockatoo generally keeps its crest flat, but during a display, or when excited or alarmed, it raises its conspicuous crest to either attract a female or threaten a rival. Cockatoos will powder down their feathers in order to keep them silky and shiny. These cockatoos may not like a noisy environment but they are themselves the noisiest of the parrots. Their screams are audible up to a mile away.