Salmon-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua moluccensis

Endangered

The Salmon-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo of the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in tree hollows, and often lives in noisy, social flocks or pairs. It faces serious conservation pressure from habitat loss, trapping, predators, or small population size.

Family

Cacatuidae

Group

Cockatoos

Range

Salmon-crested Cockatoo Range — The Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia

Population

≈ 20,000-62,000

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