Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Sulphur-crested cockatoos (binomial name Cacatua galerita) are large white parrots with yellow heads and tails. There are four subspecies of the bird. They live in Australian forests. Farmers do not like sulphur-crested cockatoos because the cockatoos eat vegetables that the farmers have grown. They are a protected species, but sometimes get shot.

Sulphur-crested cockatoo
File:Cacatua galerita Tas 2.jpg
C. galerita in Tasmania, Australia
Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Cacatuidae
Subfamily:	Cacatuinae
Genus:	Cacatua
Binomial name
Cacatua galerita
File:Bird range sulphur-crested cockatoo.png
Australian sulphur-crested cockatoo range (in red)

Many people like sulphur-crested cockatoos and keep them as pets. They are very loud and have a natural desire to chew wood and other materials. They are very long-lived. In captivity they can live to 70 years. One cockatoo called Fred was still alive at 100 years of age in 2014.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Media

• Triton cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta, 2015-03-15 04.jpg

  Triton cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta, 2015-03-15 04

• CacatuaPaco.jpg

  Cacatua Galerita Eleonora

• Cacatua galerita fitzroyi 1.jpg

  Cacatua galerita fitzroyi 1

• Cacatua galerita galerita - Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Queen Elizabeth Park - Vancouver, Canada - DSC07540.JPG

  Cacatua galerita galerita - Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Queen Elizabeth Park - Vancouver, Canada - DSC07540

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  Sulphur-crested cockatoo in the Bushland Shire, northern suburban Sydney.

• Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) in flight Mount Pleasant.jpg

  Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) in flight Mount Pleasant, South Australia

• Cacatua galerita Risdon.jpg

  Walking on grass in Tasmania, Australia

• Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Nov10.jpg

  Perched on a tree in Victoria, Australia

• Sulphur-crested Cockatoos damaging a shopping centre facade.jpg

  Numerous cockatoos causing damage to polystyrene facade on a shopping centre, New South Wales

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