Parakeets and conures are small to medium-sized, mainly green parrots with long, pointed tails. Parrotlets are tiny parakeets with short tails. Parrots of Australia and New Guinea. Cockatoos live in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. They have large, thick bills.
Most cockatoos are white with bushy crests of feathers on their heads.
The palm cockatoo is a large, jet-black bird. It has a bare skin patch on its cheek, which may turn bright red when the bird is alarmed. The cockatiel, a long-tailed relative of cockatoos, commonly inhabits northern and central Australia. Lories and lorikeets live mainly in wet forests in New Guinea, Australia, and nearby islands. They are small to medium-sized parrots with black, red, or orange bills.