Print This | Tell-a-Friend



White-crested Cockatoo  

Also Known As: Great White Cockatoo, White Cockatoo, Umbrella Cockatoo
 
umbrella_cockatoo_1

Umbrella Cockatoo

Credit: © Anita Patterson Peppers | License: ShutterStock
 
photos Photos videoVideo 1
 
eNewsletter SIGNUP FOR EMAIL UPDATES
Did You Know?
Is more tolerant to habitat disturbance than the Moluccan Cockatoo and is found in selectively logged areas, plantations, and degraded woodlands.

Species Profile
Genus:
Cacatua

Species:
alba

Size: Adult Weight:
46cm (18 in) 550g (19.25 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults completely white; have backward curving crest; yellow suffusion under wings. Eye ring off white. Eye dark brown in male, red/brown in female.

Colourization Juvenile: As adult but with dark grey eye.

Call: Loud, grating screech; alarm is hissing voice.

Listen now

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Central Pets

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1402&m=0

xeno-canto Asia http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Avian Pediatric Seminar Proceedings, various authors, 1988.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.