Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) - HBW 4, p. 278
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.
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A bird calling in a tree with other birds also calling in the background Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
Two birds showing comfort behaviour Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 2.8
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A perched bird.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 26 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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A group of birds alarm calling Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4.5 -
Bird calling from his aviary Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A group of birds alarm calling Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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