The Cockatiel is often observed in pairs or small flocks. In the north, the species is highly nomadic, but southern populations are more migratory. The Cockatiel does not have a timid mature and usually allows a close approach. Habitat Cockatiels prefer open country in the vincinity of water. There is a well established market for Cockatiels as pets around the world.
Mutated birds can be quite expensive.
The speicies is under no current threat. It breeds well in captivity and and is well established in aviaries throughout the world. The call of a Cockatiel is a prolonged, warbling queel-queel ending with a pronounced upward inflection. Parrots of the World. Inc. Low, Rosemary. 1980.