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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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
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.
The Mathews' cockatoo or northern sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita fitzroyi) is a subspecies of the sulphur-crested cockatoo.Its scientific name relates to the area in which it was first found, the Fitzroy River [1] and its common name comes from Gregory Mathews, the Australian ornithologist who first identified it as a subspecies in 1912.
Sulphur-crested cockatoo; T. Triton cockatoo; W. White cockatoo; Y. Yellow-crested cockatoo; Yellow-tailed black cockatoo This page was last edited on 29 September ...