Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) - HBW 4

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)

French: Cacatoès de Leadbeater German: Inkakakadu Spanish: Cacatúa Abanderada
Other common names: Pink/Leadbeater’s Cockatoo

Taxonomy: Plyctolophus Leadbeateri Vigors, 1831, New South Wales.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Formerly subdivided into three subspecies, with recognition of races mollis and superflua, on basis of size and the quantity and colouring of the cret feathers, but recent study of 22 wild-caught pairs and examination of museum skins showed that criteria for subspeciation could not be upheld, at any rate without much further study. Monotypic.

Distribution: Throughout inland Australia, from S Kimberley region and EC Northern Territory S to CW coast near Geraldton and S coast at Eyre, then through inland South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales to S Queensland.