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White Cockatoo Cacatua alba Cacatúa Blanca
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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A large white parrot with a crest that the bird raises and lowers depending on its mood. The underwings are very light yellow. Length: 46 cm.; weight: 550 g. Native to the northern Moluccas Islands of eastern Indonesia where it is threatened by logging and excessive trapping for the pet trade. Worldwide this species is considered vulnerable to extinction with a total population of less than 183,000. A rare, introduced bird on Puerto Rico, but may well be an established breeder in the wild (recent sightings in Río Piedras, Caguas, and Guaynabo, with a nest in a Royal Palm stump in Guayanbo). TAXONOMY: PSITTACIFORMES; CACATUIDAE; Cacatuinae. |
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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References BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened birds of the world. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, UK. 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. http://www.arndt-verlag.com/cockatoo.html Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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