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Goffin’s Cockatoo Cacatua goffini Cacatúa de Goffin
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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Goffin’s Cockatoo Cacatua goffini Cacatúa de Goffin
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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A medium sized, white parrot with pink lores. Length: 30-32 cm.; weight: 300 g. Native to the Tanimbar islands of eastern Indonesia. A popular cage bird. Introduced to Puerto Rico. Juvenile birds have been reported from the Caguas area, and the species may have an established population in Garden Hills, Guaynabo. TAXONOMY: PSITTACIFORMES; CACATUIDAE; Cacatuinae. Also called Tanimbar Cockatoo or Tanimbar Corella. |
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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References Brown, D. M. and C. A. Toft. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Auk 116(1):141-157. Camacho Rodríguez, M., J. Chabert Llompart, and M. López Flores. 1999. Guía para la identificación de las aves exóticas establecidas en Puerto Rico. Depto. de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan, PR. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1998. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Juniper, T. and M. Parr. 1998. Parrots: A guide to parrots of the world. Yale Univ. Press. Pérez-Rivera, R. A. 1992. Feral exotic psittaciformes from Puerto Rico. Ornitología Caribeña 3:30-34. Pérez -Rivera, R. A., and P. J. Claudio. 1997. Sobre el status de la Cacatúa de Goffin (Cacatua goffini) en Puerto Rico. El Pitirre 10(2):54-55. http://www.arndt-verlag.com/cockatoo.html http://www.petbirdpage.com/goffin.htm http://www.sydneysbirds.com/Cockatoo_Classification.htm Goffin's Cockatoo, Spanish text Next species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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