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Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Also Known As: White Cockatoo
Blue-eyed Cockatoo Profile
Credit: © Anthony Snell
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Did You Know?
The Blue-eyed Cockatoo is the only cockatoo in eastern Papua New Guinea.
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Species Profile
Genus:Cacatua
Species:
ophthalmica
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 50cm (19.5 in) | 500-570g (17.5-19.9 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults: a medium-large, white cockatoo with backward curving crest; some yellow feathers in crest, rest white; yellow wash on ear coverts and bases of feathers of cheeks, throat; eye ring bright blue. Eye dark brown in male, red/brown in female.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but eye grey.
Call: Described as loud and nasal, repeated and given in flight, each note ending in a downward fashion; call notes high-pitched and sad-sounding.
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Content Sources:
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30025&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 100651, Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica, Mack, Andrew, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Feb. 10 1999, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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