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 individual feeding maize, using its foot. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp citrinocristata)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.6 -
A close-up of an individual feeding on maize, using its foot. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp sulphurea)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 3.6 -
Four birds in a tree, moving between branches Locality Komodo Island, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2003 6 years ago 29 sec 3.6 -
A bird perched on a trunk, and a close-up of its head, showing the yellow patch of the cheek (50% speed). Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp citrinocristata)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 3.4 -
An individual walking on a trunk and a close-up of its head showing the crest (at 50% speed). Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp citrinocristata)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.4 -
Three birds in a leafless tree Locality Komodo Island, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2003 6 years ago 19 sec 3.4
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A Yellow-crested Cockatoo eating the fruit in Victoria Park, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island.
Locality Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong
William IP 2 February 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird foraging on the ground
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp abbotti)
Nicole Bouglouan 25 December 2007 1 year ago 3.7 -
This critically endangered form is also known as Citron-crested Cockatoo
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp citrinocristata)
mark sutton 1 June 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
A Captive Bird
Locality Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, North Western Thailand, Thailand
nrg800 30 January 2011 2 years ago 3.3 -
perched bird
Locality Komodo National Park, Lesser Sundas (ssp parvula)
mark sutton 1 June 2009 3 years ago 2.3
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Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 3 years ago 2 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvulaparvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 3 years ago 2 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 3 years ago 2 -
Flight calls.
Locality Mount Diatuto Camp, Mount Diatuto, Manatuto District, Timor-Leste, Timor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp parvula)
Iwein Mauro 27 March 2003 3 years ago 1
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