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Cockatoos
Articles about Cockatoos from the Beauty of Birds archive of expert pet bird care and training guides.
Cockatoos (family Cacatuidae)
Native to Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, there are over 40 species. These can be divided into two main groupmims – the white cockatoos and the
Cockatoos: Size, Range, Weight & Breeding Data
The information about the Cockatoos, their Range, Size & Breeding Data Cockatoo Information, are all you can get at Beauty of Birds.
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
The Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, or Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea, is endemic to Lombok, Sumbawa, Noesa Penida Island in Indonesia and East
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Cacatua galerita, are noisy and conspicuous parrots and in the wild are wary and difficult to approach. They have adapted very
Parrots / Hookbills (Fig Parrots, Cockatoos, etc.) found in New Guinea
Below listed are parrots (hookbills, such as lories, lorikeets, fig parrots, king parrots, etc.) that are native to, or found in, New Guinea. Any images are
Most Commonly Kept Cockatoo Species
Cockatoos most commonly kept in aviculture or as pets:
Red-vented or Philippine Cockatoo
The Red-vented Cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia, sometimes called the Philippine Cockatoo, is a cockatoo roughly the size and shape of the Goffin’s Cockatoo.
Triton Cockatoo
The Triton Cockatoos are magnificent parrots that are native to New Guinea. Tritons are a sub-species of the Greater Sulpher Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita), found in Australia, and are considered an agricultural pest in their natural habitat.
Blue-eyed Cockatoo
The Blue eyed Cockatoo (cacatua ophthalmica) is native to the forests of New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea in the