Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) - HBW 4, p. 278
French: Cacatoès à huppe rouge
German: Molukkenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Moluqueña
Other common names: Moluccan Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus moluccensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Moluccas.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. alba. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Moluccas, on Seram, Haruku and Saparua; also Ambon, where possibly introduced.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
-
A bird calling and moving on a perch. Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A bird with its crest slightly ruffled Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 5 years ago 10 sec 2.5
-
Pair, male on the back with open crest.
Locality Netherlands (Monotypic species)
iggino 27 September 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
Captive bird in a garden
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
ossewa 28 December 2008 8 weeks ago 3
-
A bird calling.
Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 4
Email this page