Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Cacatua ophthalmicaSclater, PL, 1864
English (US) Blue-eyed Cockatoo
The Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) 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: New Ireland and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cacatua ophthalmica
- Family
- Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Blue-eyed Cockatoo
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1864
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1864
- Type locality
- Type an aviary specimen thought to have come from the Solomon Islands = New Britain.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, pt.2 p.188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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