Pink Cockatoo
Cacatua leadbeateri(Vigors, NA, 1831)
English (US) Pink Cockatoo
The Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) 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 leadbeateri
- Family
- Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pink Cockatoo
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cacatua leadbeateri mollis
- Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Plyctolophus Leadbeateri
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.6 p.61
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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