Sulphur-crested cockatoo

For other uses of "sulphur-crested cockatoo" in bird names, see list of birds known as sulphur-crested cockatoo.

Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Present[1]
C. g. galerita in Tasmania, Australia
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cacatua
Subgenus: Cacatua
Species:
C. galerita
Binomial name
Cacatua galerita
(Latham, 1790)
Sulphur-crested cockatoo range (in red), introduced range (in violet)

The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. A highly intelligent bird,[4] they are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets.

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Cacatua".
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cacatua galerita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22684781A131914971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22684781A131914971.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Salleh, Anna (17 October 2020). "Sulphur-crested cockatoos can be noisy and destructive, but they're also very clever. Here are some facts you may not know". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 October 2020.