Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) - HBW 4

Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica)

French: Cacatoès aux yeux bleus German: Brillenkakadu Spanish: Cacatúa Oftálmica

Taxonomy: Cacatua ophthalmica P. L. Sclater, 1864, Solomon Islands = New Britain.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. sulphurea and C. galerita. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain and New Ireland.

  • Vulnerable
  • A perched bird. Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
    Tomasz Doroń 26 June 2009 14 weeks ago 3
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