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Macaw vs Cockatoo - What's the difference?

macaw | cockatoo |

As nouns the difference between macaw and cockatoo

is that macaw is any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage while cockatoo is a bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.

macaw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various parrots of the genera Ara'', ''Anodorhynchus'', ''Cyanopsitta'', ''Orthopsittaca'', ''Primolius'' and ''Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

    • cockatoo

    English

    (wikipedia cockatoo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
  • (slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game.

    • Synonyms

    * cocky

    Derived terms

    * Major Mitchell's Cockatoo * red-tailed black cockatoo * sulphur-crested cockatoo

    See also

    * cockatiel * galah * corella * Psittacidae