Cockatoos
Cockatoos make great pets. The captive bred ones that is - never keep a wild cockatoo as a pet. It is unethical, illegal and plain stupid as they are not adapted to domestic life.
It's generally the most common species of cockatoo which are found in captivity. These include Goffin's, oluccan, umbrella, sulfur crested and bare eyed cockatoos. These species of cockatoo make great companions provided you have the necessary knowledge and environment to bring up your bird in.
Goffin's cockatoo is one of the smaller species as is the lesser sulfur crested cockatoo. The larger ones are the umbrella, Moluccan and greater sulfur crested cockatoo species.
Cockatoos love to play with their food by throwing it around. They also love to chew on just about everything! This obviously means that cockatoos can be pretty messy birds so if you are ok with that, you'll love having a cockatoo as a pet.
Cockatoos can live up to 40 years. The larger species can live up to 80 years although this is very rare in captivity.
Cockatoos like eating a variety of fresh foods. They also need avian pellet which can make up 50% of the diet. Other parts of the diet can include grains, vegetables and fruit. Seeds are high in fat so keep these as a treat item only.
Cockatoos may cause allergic reactions in some people due to their power down feathers causing a fine dust to fly off the cockatoo when preening.