Pink cockatoo

Pink cockatoo
Pink cockatoo with its crest raised in New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cacatua
Subgenus: Lophochroa
Bonaparte, 1857
Species:
C. leadbeateri
Binomial name
Cacatua leadbeateri
(Vigors, 1831)
Subspecies

C. (L.). l. leadbeateri  (Vigors, 1831)
C. (L.). l. mollis  (Mathews, 1912)

Pink cockatoo range (in red)
Synonyms[2]

Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors, 1831
Plyctolophus erythropterus Swainson, 1837
Lophochroa leadbeateri

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Master Lists – IOC World Bird List". worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Joseph M. Forshaw (2010). Parrots of the World. Princeton University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1400836208.