Pink cockatoo
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The pink cockatoo, also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semiarid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo 1 Mt Grenfell
Adult perched on a tree in Melbourne Zoo
"Plyctolophus leadbeateri, Leadbeater's Cockatoo" in Lear's influential 1832 monograph
Cookie, a cockatoo that lived to be 83 years old, housed in the Brookfield Zoo
Cockatoo
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A cockatoo is any of the 22 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea, native to Australasia. Along with the Psittacoidea, they make up the
Pink cockatoo
…The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semiarid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north-east. Irish naturalist Nicholas Aylward Vigors described…
Cacatua galerita Tas 2
The palm cockatoo has a strong bill and red cheeks. At 55–60 cm (22–24 in) long and weighing 910–1,200 g (2.01–2.65 lb), it is the largest cockatoo.
Carnaby's black cockatoo with a zoo keeper at Taronga Zoo Sydney, Australia
Pink cockatoo flying at Taronga Zoo Sydney.