Range Most of Australia and south-east Asia. Habitat Various forests, scrubs and grasslands. Characteristics Bill medium to massive with thick, fleshy tongue. Some with a brightly colored bare facial patch.
Wings are long and pointed.
Tail is medium-sized, square or rounded. Simply colored, white to blackish, pinks and yellows with an erectile crest. These birds live in small groups or pairs, but gather together each day in huge flocks to search for food. They are active principally in the morning, and in the wild the air is filled with their raucous cries as they fly around calling to one another. Reproduction Nest is a tree hollow.