Some are abundant in the wild, but others are endangered (some critically so). About eleven species naturally occur in the wild only in Australia, with a couple of others found only in Australia and some nearby islands.
Many have quite limited ranges, restricted to certain islands or island archipelagos. The Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, or some of its subspecies, are also known as the Yellow-crested Cockatoo, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, the Timor Cockatoo, and the Citron-crested Cockatoo. For example, the Pink Cockatoo is also called the Leadbeater’s Cockatoo and the Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo.
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However, there are six species that are mostly black, one that is dark gray with a red head, one that is mostly pink and gray, and the smallest, the Cockatiel, is predominately gray but with a yellow head and orange-red ear patch and white wing patches.īecause they are loud, conspicuous birds, most cockatoo species tend to be well known to various communities within their range, and many species have a variety of English, or “common,” names. All have at least some degree of crests and many are mostly white. The cockatoos are pretty well restricted to the Australasian region. The parrot family has a world-wide distribution concentrated in warm climates. Scientists are a bit at odds: do the 21 species of birds collectively known as “cockatoos” belong in their own family, or are they members of the same family as other parrots?Īnswer: it doesn’t matter to anyone but those scientists.
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In celebration of National Bird Day 2014, Barry Kent MacKay, Senior Program Associate for Born Free USA and lifelong bird enthusiast, is writing a special six-part blog series in December and January where he will describe some of his favorite avian species. We have to share this world and all its inhabitants, not destroy what gets in our way.In Coexisting with Wildlife on January 06, 2014 When I was a youngster and my dear Dad grew vegetables, he told me he always planted twice more than he needed: One third would succumb to the weather and disease, one third for the animals and birds who would eat them and the last third for him and his family. They may destroy some crops and chew wooden buildings, but this is their homeland their native habitat which has gradually been destroyed by humans, you have to have sympathy for these birds. Long before the white europeans dominated Australia. This cockatoo has been in Australia for as long as the aboriginal native people of Australia estimated between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago.
They are still persecuted and shot/poisoned by farmers for destroying crops and sometimes poisoned just by idiots because they can. They are now a protected species in Australia but there are still licensed culls sadly in some parts. They have been trapped in huge numbers, gassed, poisoned, netted and killed by being beaten to death, culled by the Australian authorities. Over the generations this species has been persecuted by humans. They are a wonderful species, can be very loud and in Australia they are seen in huge numbers. The true Galerita is not often seen in the UK. Sadly in captivity the species have been interbred either by unscrupulous breeders who aren't worried they are hybridising species or just because they haven't bothered to find out. Either way it seems they don't care.
Usually because they all have a yellow crest, but there are noticeable differences in each species. Often this species is mistaken for Yellow Crested, Eleonoras and Triton. They are the largest of the Sulphur Crested cockatoos and weigh in at around 1,000 grams. Some birds in Puerto Rico (not breeding). Introduced to New Zealand and Palau, where they are now resident and breeding. The largest population in Australia and the country where most people associate this cockatoo with. This species originates from Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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