Birds of the World

    PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)  
Genus: Cacatua (13 species)


White Cockatoo
White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) Endangered
Range: AU: Halmahera to Bacan (n Moluccas)
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Citron-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua citrinocristata) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Sumba (sc Lesser Sundas)
 



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Solomons Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii)
Range: AU: Buka to Malaita and Guadalcanal (n to sc Solomon Is., except Ranongga)
 



Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites and n, e Australia and Tasmania
Austin's Ferry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Tanimbar Corella
Tanimbar Corella (Cacatua goffiniana) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Red-vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) Critically Endangered
Range: OR: formerly widespread, now mainly Palawan group and Sulu Arch. (sw, s Philippines)
 



Pink Cockatoo
Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)
Range: AU: inland Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Jim Bendon     Copyright and usage info


Salmon-crested Cockatoo
Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Seram (ec Moluccas)
Private Zoo, Florida, USA
  Note pinkish color. Most Cockatoos are white. Salmon-colored crest feathers hidden.
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) Vulnerable
Range: AU: New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)
Walindi, New Britain, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Western Corella
Western Corella (Cacatua pastinator)
Range: AU: sw, w, sc Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


Little Corella
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Range: AU: sc New Guinea and Australia (except sw, sc)
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Sulawesi region and Lesser Sundas
 



Long-billed Corella
Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
Range: AU: se SA to c VIC (se Australia); expanding and introduced elsewhere
 
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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