Cacatua sulphurea

Yellow-crested Cockatoo

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Overview

Medium-sized, white cockatoo. All-white, but for long, forward-curling yellow crest (more orange in race citrinocristata), yellow ear-coverts and yellow under-surfaces to wings and tail. Black bill, bluish, bare eye-ring and grey feet. The yellow-crested cockatoo is native to Timor-Leste and Indonesia, and inhabits forest, forest edge, scrub, and agricultural land.

Scientific Name

Cacatua sulphurea
Common Name
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
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Birds
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