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 (Latham, 1790) - E & SE Australia from Cape York to Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground walking and looking around. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree, joined by another individual which raises its crest Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp galerita)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2003 5 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking and picking up a twig Locality Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 7 January 2005 5 years ago 12 sec 3.7 -
Several birds showing comfort behaviour Locality Healesville, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
David Fisher 2 October 2006 6 years ago 37 sec 3.6 -
Two birds feeding on the grass Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp galerita)
Peter Nash 31 October 2006 6 years ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A bird attempting, without much success, to demolish a palm tree. Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Schaefer 17 September 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 3.3
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Close-up of a bird with its beak open.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 25 July 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
Two birds preening each other
Locality Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia
Rémi Bigonneau 28 September 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Portrait of a adult bird.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp galerita)
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 38 weeks ago 3.8 -
This is a sneaky cockatoo trying to steal from the rainbow lorikeets seed but i caught him red clawed.
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
slr800 21 December 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult bird with a wattle seed pod in its beak.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 15 January 2011 2 years ago 3.8 -
Close-up of a bird perching in a tree.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 25 July 2010 2 years ago 3.8
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Screeching from a tree branch and then in flight Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp galerita)
Joe Angseesing 25 February 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
One or two birds calling from high in a tree. Locality West Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp galerita)
Nick Talbot 9 January 2012 1 year ago 3 -
A bird in an aviary mimics human speech Locality Wing's Wildlife Park, Tasmania, Australia
(ssp galerita)
Joe Angseesing 23 February 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
A bird squawking Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Anita Goldinger 9 September 2012 36 weeks ago 0
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