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The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests .
Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Cacatuidae Genus: Cacatua Species: C. galerita Subspecies: C. g. galerita Trinomial name Cacatua galerita galerita Latham, 1790 The greater sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) is the nominate subspecies of the sulphur-crested ...
The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. "Sulphur-crested cockatoo" may also refer to the following taxa: Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita), the nominate subspecies of sulphur-crested ...
gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) [1] Eolophus Bonaparte, 1854: Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) [2] Lophochroa Bonaparte, 1857: Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) [3] Cacatua Vieillot, 1817: Subgenus Cacatua - true white cockatoos Yellow-crested (or lesser sulphur-crested) cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) sulphurea
A white cockatoo and a sulphur-crested cockatoo were found to be infected with the protozoon Haemoproteus and another sulphur-crested cockatoo had the malaria parasite Plasmodium on analysis of faecal samples at Almuñecar ornithological garden in Granada in Spain. [82] Like amazon parrots and macaws, cockatoos frequently develop cloacal ...
Cacatua sp - MHNT. Cacatua is a genus of cockatoos found from the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands to Australia.They have a primarily white plumage (in some species tinged pinkish or yellow), an expressive crest, and a black (subgenus Cacatua) or pale (subgenus Licmetis) bill.
It is white, with a large yellow crest that it can raise. It is 45–55 cm (18–22 in) long, weighing 550–600 g (19–21 oz) and can live up to 40 years. [6] [7] This subspecies differs from the Australian greater sulphur-crested cockatoo in that it is smaller, with broader crest feathers and has a pale blue periophthalmic ring instead of white.
The Eleonora cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora, also known as medium sulphur-crested cockatoo, is a subspecies of the sulphur-crested cockatoo. It is native to the Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia , but has also been introduced to Kai Islands .