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Goffin's Cockatoo
Also Known As: Tanimbar Cockatoo, Tanimbar Corella
Goffin’s cockatoo perched on branch and preening
Credit: © Robert | http://www.pbase.com/robert/exotic_birds
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Did You Know?
Feral populations of Goffin's Cockatoos are common in urban parklands and gardens in Singapore.
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Species Profile
Genus:Cacatua
Species:
goffini
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 32cm (12.5 in) | 300g (10.5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults small white cockatoos, with white crest, white/blue eye ring, pink on lores, ear coverts yellow tinge, yellow under wings and tail, pinkish suffusion on breast and underparts. Bill grey/white. Eye brown/black in males, in female red.
Colourization Juvenile: Immatures similar to adult.
Call: Loud scream. Young sound like Cockatiel, also produce mewing sound.
Listen now Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Animal World
Pet Education http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=15&cat=1840&articleid=2915
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1404&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 115920, Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffini, Macaulay, Linda, Singapore, Apr. 19 2001, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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