Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) - HBW 4, p. 277
French: Cacatoès soufré
German: Gelbwangenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Sulfúrea
Other common names: Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus sulphureus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Moluccas.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. galerita and C. ophthalmica. Possible races djampeana and occidentalis now regarded as synomyms of nominate and race parvula respectively. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sulphurea (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Sulawesi, and offlying islands of Muna, Butung, Tukangbesi, Tanahjampea, Kayuadi, Kalao, Madu and Kalaotoa.
- abbotti (Oberholser, 1917) - Masalembu Besar I (Java Sea).
- parvula (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Rinca, Flores, Pantar, Alor, Semau and Timor (Lesser Sundas); also Lombok, where probably extinct, and Nusa Penida.
- citrinocristata (Fraser, 1844) - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult feeding a juvenile Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 33 sec 4.9 -
An adult at the entrance of its nest hole, feeding a chick Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 1 min 4.7 -
A bird perched and looking down Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
Two adults perched at the entrance of a nest hole and flying away Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding on a Tamarindus tree Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 40 sec 4.7 -
An adult calling repeatedly Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp citrinocristata)
Stefan Behrens 2003 4 years ago 47 sec 4.7
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A bird perched.
Locality Guinate Tropical Park, Haría, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ssp sulphurea)
Pedro Ortega Pinilla 13 July 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Locality Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia
magnetocsl 30 September 2011 20 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp abbotti)
Nicole Bouglouan 25 December 2007 34 weeks ago 3.4 -
A Captive Bird
Locality Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, North Western Thailand, Thailand
nrg800 30 January 2011 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
This critically endangered form is also known as Citron-crested Cockatoo
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp citrinocristata )
mark sutton 1 June 2009 2 years ago 3 -
perched bird
Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
mark sutton 1 June 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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Calls. Time: 16:27.
Locality Welaluhu, Manufahi District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 15 March 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Calls. Time: 17:00.
Locality Welaluhu, Manufahi District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 15 March 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Sarim Camp, Mount Sarim, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 19 March 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 2 years ago 3 -
Calls. Time: 16:27.
Locality Welaluhu, Manufahi District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 15 March 2003 2 years ago 3
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