Cockatoos
Cacatuidae
A cockatoo is a parrot that is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes (parrots). The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 22 known species
White Cockatoos and Corellas
genusCacatua
Galahs
genusEolophus
Yellow-tailed and White-tailed Black Cockatoos
genusZanda
Red-tailed and Glossy Black Cockatoos
genusCalyptorhynchus
Gang-gang Cockatoos
genusCallocephalon
Cockatiels
genusNymphicus
Palm Cockatoos
genusProbosciger
White Cockatoos and Corellas × Galahs
genushybridCacatua × Eolophus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119157.