Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) - HBW 4, p. 277
French: Cacatoès à huppe jaune
German: Gelbhaubenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Galerita
Other common names: White(!)/Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo; Triton’s Cockatoo (triton); Eleonora’s Cockatoo (eleonora)
Taxonomy: Psittacus galeritus Latham, 1790, New South Wales.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. sulphurea and C. ophthalmica. Four additional races (aruensis, macrolophus, kwalamkwalam, trobriandi) have been named from New Guinea and related islands, and another (rosinae) from mainland Australia, but none of these now considered valid. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- triton Temminck, 1849 - New Guinea and surrounding islands.
- eleonora (Finsch, 1867) - Aru Is.
- fitzroyi (Mathews, 1912) - N Australia, from Fitzroy R in NW to Gulf of Carpentaria in NE.
- galerita , 1790 - E & SE Australia from Cape York to Tasmania.
- Least Concern
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A head detail of a bird. Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Barry Attridge 28 January 2008 1 year ago 13 sec 4.7 -
A bird climbing downward through branches Kingston, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 4 June 2005 2 years ago 11 sec 4.4 -
A bird walking and picking up a twig Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 7 January 2005 2 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A close view of a bird holding a nut with it's foot, then eating it Kingston, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 4 June 2005 2 years ago 11 sec 4.3 -
An individual feeding on a nut Kingston, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 4 June 2005 2 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
Several birds showing comfort behaviour Healesville, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
David Fisher 2 October 2006 3 years ago 37 sec 4.3
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Flying near a golf course in northern Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita)
Howard Banwell 4 March 2009 15 weeks ago 4.5 -
Sulphur-crested cockatoo, portrait in suburban garden. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 27 May 2009 12 weeks ago 4 -
Portrait of an adult. Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp triton)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 10 weeks ago 3.6 -
Close-up of a bird with its beak open. Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 25 July 2010 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
An adult bird Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
raniero massoli-no... 1 September 2001 4 weeks ago 3.4 -
Close-up of a bird perching in a tree. Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 25 July 2010 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.3
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A bird in an aviary mimics human speech Wing's Wildlife Park, Tasmania, Australia
Joe Angseesing 23 February 2009 25 weeks ago 3 -
Screeching from a tree branch and then in flight Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 25 weeks ago 3
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