Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo with crest raised

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cockatoos are quite acrobatic as they move around trees

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they are quite social and do a fair bit of noisy squabbling

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.

BIRD FACTS

Description
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white cockatoo with bright yellow crest. It is the largest white cockatoo in Australia. These cockatoos are sold in the pet trade and can be kept as a pet in large cage or aviary.

Size
45 - 50cm

Habitat
Woodland, forest, city parks.

Food
fruit, seeds, nuts, berries, plant shoots and roots, grubs.

Breeding
nests high in hollow tree. 2-3 white eggs

Range
East coast and northern Australia

distribution map showing range of Cacatua galerita in Australia

distribution map showing range of Cacatua galerita in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Cacatuidae
Genus:	Cacatua
Species:	galerita
Common Name:	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Relatives in same Genus
  Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (C. leadbeateri)
  Western Corella (C. pastinator)
  Galah (C. roseicapilla)
  Little Corella (C. sanguinea)
  Long-billed Corella (C. tenuirostris)