| Pink cockatoo | |
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| Pink cockatoo with its crest raised in New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Cacatuidae |
| Genus: | Cacatua |
| Subgenus: | Lophochroa Bonaparte, 1857 |
| Species: | C. leadbeateri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)
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| Subspecies | |
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C. (L.). l. leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) | |
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| Pink cockatoo range (in red) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors, 1831 | |
The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north east.[3][4][5]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cacatua leadbeateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22684767A131914793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22684767A131914793.en. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (29 February 2012). "Subspecies Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Master Lists – IOC World Bird List". worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Stafford, Andrew (16 September 2023). "What's in a name? The renaming of the pink cockatoo is no small thing in Australia's violent history". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Joseph M. Forshaw (2010). Parrots of the World. Princeton University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1400836208.