White Cockatoo
Cacatua alba(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) White Cockatoo
The White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: northern Moluccas (Bacan, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, and adjacent islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cacatua alba
- Family
- Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- White Cockatoo
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus albus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Moluccan Islands.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.76
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blue-eyed Cockatoo
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Salmon-crested Cockatoo
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo
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Citron-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua citrinocristata
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
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