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Blue-eyed Cockatoo  (Cacatua ophthalmica)

Also Known As: White Cockatoo
 
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Blue-eyed Cockatoo Profile

Credit: (c) Anthony Snell
 
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Did You Know?
The Blue-eyed Cockatoo is the only cockatoo in eastern Papua New Guinea.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
10,000

Range: Found in New Britain, E Papua New Guinea.

Habitat:
Occurs up to 950m (3116 ft). Found in forest and partly cleared areas, most common in lowlands.

Threat Summary:
Recently remote-sensing techniques have shown that the lowland forest on which this species relies for nesting sites is being cleared at a rapid rate, which in all probability is causing the population to decline precipitously.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable (2008 IUCN Red List)

Wild Diet:
Eats nuts, seeds, berries and fruit, in particular, figs.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Keeps mainly to forest canopy; usually seen singly, in pairs or small groups; makes presence known with series of discordant notes. Most active in early morning and late afternoon. Acrobatics seen before roosting.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 or 3 elliptical eggs, 52.0 x 31.5mm (2 x 1.2 in)

Breeding Season:
Not available

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046%2Fj.1474-919X.2003.00107.x

http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/users/smarsden/Research/BCI_cockatoo_paper.pdf

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119038822/abstract

More Info Sites:
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/jr/ngtebd/11.pdf

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/distribution/blue-eyed.cockatoo.html