Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cacatua galerita
- Family
- Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Cacatua galerita triton
- Cacatua galerita eleonora
- Cacatua galerita fitzroyi
- Cacatua galerita galerita
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus galeritus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.109
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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