Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) - HBW 4
White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
French: Cacatoès blanc
German: Weißhaubenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Blanca
Other common names: Umbrella/White-crested Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus albus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Moluccas.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. moluccensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Moluccas, on Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Mandioli. Specimens from Obi and Bisa thought to have been escapes.
- Vulnerable
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A close-up of a perched bird Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 1 year ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A bird calling. Khao Khaew Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 45 weeks ago 35 sec 3.4
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A perched bird. Warsaw Zoo, Warsaw, Masovian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 30 December 2008 15 weeks ago 4 -
An adult perched on a rope. Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 30 January 2010 5 weeks ago 3 -
An adult perched on a branch. Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Soria 30 December 2009 7 weeks ago 2
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Calls of a bird.
Khao Khaew Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 45 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird calling intensively.
Khao Khaew Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 45 weeks ago 3.7
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