The cockatielon your desktop.
A painted cockatiel for your Mac or Windows desktop, one of six Deskiee birds.
What it looks like
A male grey cockatiel: a yellow face and crest, an orange patch on each cheek and a white flash on each wing.
What it does all day
The cockatiel walks along the bottom of your screen, flies up to the top edge of a window you have open and stands there. Move the window and it rides along; close it and it drops off and finds somewhere else. Drag it to carry it, or tap a rhythm and it sings it back.
Its own moves
- Its crest stands up when your pointer comes close, and lies back when it sleeps.
- When it is dizzy its crest wobbles.
With chirps switched on (they start off), it has its own call and song, modelled on the real bird's.
The real bird
Cockatiels come from Australia and are the smallest members of the cockatoo family.
Like other cockatoos they raise and lower their crest.
Goldfinch
Cardinal
Robin
Bluebird
Budgie
