Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita - Cacatoès à huppe jaune

Systematics

Order
:
Psittaciformes
Family
:
Cacatuidés
Genus
:
Cacatua
Species
:
galerita

Descriptor

Latham, 1790

Biometrics

Size
: 55 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 815 à 975 g

Longevity

80 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a species of bird in the CacaTuidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Cacatua galerita galerita (e and se Australia to Tasmania)
Cacatua galerita triton (New Guinea and nearby islands)
Cacatua galerita eleonora (Aru Is.)
Cacatua galerita fitzroyi (n Australia)

Foreign names

Cacatoès à huppe jaune,
Cacatúa galerita,
catatua-de-poupa-amarela,
Gelbhaubenkakadu,
sárgabóbitás kakadu,
Grote Geelkuifkaketoe,
Cacatua crestazolfo,
större gultofskakadua,
Gultoppkakadu,
kakadu zlatochochlatý,
kakadu žlutočečelatý,
Stor Gultoppet Kakadu,
kultatöyhtökakadu,
cacatua de cresta groga,
kakadu żółtoczuba,
Большой желтохохлый какаду,
Kakatua koki,
キバタン,
葵花鹦鹉,
小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Parrots of the World, Joseph M. Forshaw
Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
THE AVIANWEB, Sibylle Faye
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest