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Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
Also Known As: Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Dwarf Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Timor Cockatoo, Citron-crested Cockatoo (C.s. citrinocristata)
Yellow-crested cockatoo perched on tree
Credit: (c) Jonker/Innemee Araproject | http://www.araproject.nl
Status in the Wild
World Population:2500-10,000
Range:
C.s. sulphurea: Sulawesi and nearby islands, and islands in Flores Sea. Introduced to Hong Kong and Singapore.
C.s. parvula: Nusa Penida and Lesser Sunda Islands (except Sumba).
C.s. abbotti: Masalembu, in Java Sea.
C.s. citrinocristata: Restricted to Sumba in Lesser Sunda Islands.
Habitat:
Found up to 1200m (3936 ft). Occurs in forest edge, woodland, farmland, coconut palms, semi-arid areas and forest.
Threat Summary:
Unsustainable trapping for wild bird trade.
IUCN Rating:
Critically endangered
Wild Diet:
Eats seeds, fruit, berries, flowers and nuts. May also take cultivated maize.
CITES Rating:
Appendix I
Ecology:
Usually encountered in pairs or small groups of up to ten birds. Larger flocks will gather to feed in fruiting trees. Are noisy and conspicuous. Groups leaving roosting areas in the mountains will fly down to lower elevations to feed. Love to rain-bathe.
Clutch and Egg Size:
2, sometimes 3, elliptical eggs, 41.0 x 27.0mm (1.6 x 1 in).
Breeding Season:
On Buton September-October beginning; Nusa Tenggara April-May.
Project Status (WPT):
WPT has funded part of the work of two scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society to study the Citron-crested Cockatoo, a subspecies of the Yellow-crested.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/pp_citroncrestedcockatoo/
Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.indonesian-parrotproject.org/Library/status.html
http://savanna.ntu.edu.au/education/east_timor_wildlife.html
http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/13/prop/E13-P11.pdf
More Info Sites:
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2005/12/east_timor.html
http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/batu/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/trade/cites/mostwanted2.cfm
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