Cockatoos: Size, Range, Weight & Breeding Data
Beauty of Birds Editorial Team
September 16, 2021 · Updated January 16, 2023 · 4 min read
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Data Included for each species:
- Common & Scientific Names
- Native Range
- Length from beak to tip of tail
- Average Clutch Size and Average Incubation Period
Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella(Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea)
- Range: Central, western, and northern Australia
- 38 cm / 15.2 in
- 2 to 3 eggs incubated for 21 – 27 days
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica)
- Range: New Ireland, New Guinea
- 45 cm / 18 in
- 2 eggs incubated for about 30 days
Carnaby’s White-tailed Black Cockatoos
Sub-Species / Races Including Nominate: baudinii, tenuirostris, funereus, xanthonotus … White-eared Cockatoos
- Range: Southeastern and extreme southwestern Australia; Tasmania
- 58-65 cm / 23.2-26 in
- 1 to 2 eggs incubated for 28 to 30 days
Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
- Range: Australia, except for humid, coastal areas
- 32 cm / 12.8 in
- 4 to 6 eggs incubated for 18 to 21 days
Ducorp’s Cockatoos (Cacatua ducorpsii )
- Range: Solomon Islands
- 31 cm / 12.4 in
- 2 to 4 eggs incubated for 26 – 28 days
Galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus: assimilis, roseicapillus)
- Range: Central, northern, and western Australia
- 35 cm / 14 in
- 3 to 6 eggs incubated for 20 to 24 days
Gang-gang Cockatoos (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
- Range: Extreme southeast coast of Australia; Northern Tasmania
- 35 cm / 14 in
- 2 to 3 eggs incubated for 24 to 28 days
Glossy Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
- Range: Extreme eastern Australia
- 48 cm / 19.2 in
- 1 egg incubated for about 29 days
Goffin’s Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)
- Range: Tanimbar Islands ( Maluku Province)
- 29 cm / 11.6 in
- 2 to 4 eggs incubated for 21 – 26 days
Leadbeater’s or Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri (Cacatua leadbeateri: leadbeateri, mollis)
- Range: Interior and southwestern Australia
- 38 cm / 15.2 in
- 3 to 4 eggs incubated for 22 to 26 days
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoos or Yellow-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea: abbotti, citrinocristata, djampeana, occidentalis, parvula, sulphurea)
- Range: Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) – part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia; Timor; Neighboring islands
- 31-34 cm / 12.4-13.6 in
- 3 to 5 eggs incubated for 22 to 27 days
Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris: tenuirostris)
- Range: Southeastern and southwestern Australia
- 38 cm / 15.2 in
- 2 to 4 eggs incubated for 24 to 28 days
Moluccan Cockatoos or Salmon-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis)
- Range: Southern Molucca Islands
- 55 cm / 22 in
- 2 eggs incubated for 28 – 30 days
Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus: aterrimus, goliath, stenolophus)
- Range: New Guinea; Cape York Peninsula
- 55-70 cm / 22-28 in
- 1 egg incubated for 28 – 31 days
Red-tailed Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus magnificus: macrorhynchus, magnificus, naso, samueli)
- Range: Northern, southwestern, and interior areas of Australia
- 55-62 cm / 22-24.8 in
- 1 to 3 eggs incubated for 28 – 31 days
Red-vented Cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia)
- Range: Philippines
- 31 cm / 12.4 in
- 2 to 4 eggs incubated for 24 to 29 days
Slender-billed or Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella(Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea)
- Range: Central, western, and northern Australia
- 38 cm / 15.2 in
- 2 to 3 eggs incubated for 21 – 27 days
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita: eleanora, fitzroyi, galerita, triton)
- Range: New Guinea; Eastern and northern coastal Australia; Tasmania
- 45-50 cm / 18-20 in
- 2 to 4 eggs incubated for 22 to 28 days
Triton Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton aka Cacatua triton)
- Range: New Guinea
- 45 cm – 18 in
- 2 to 3 eggs incubated for 25 – 27 days
Umbrella Cockatoo or White Cockatoos (Cacatua alba)
- Range: Central and northern Molucca Islands
- 40-45 cm / 16-18 in
- 2 eggs incubated for 27 – 29 days
Average Weight of Cockatoo Species
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 345 grams (281-390 grams)
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 280 grams
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 221-386 grams
- Average Chick Weight: 10
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 880 grams
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 350 grams
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 640-1025 grams (average 850)
- Average Chick Weight: 20
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 900 grams (Adults range from 600-1000)
- Average Chick Weight: 18
- Average Weight / Weight Ranges: 458-750 grams (average 600 to 700 g)
- Average Chick Weight: 18
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