White Cockatoo

Cacatua alba

Endangered

The White 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

White Cockatoo Range — The Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia

Population

≈ 43,000-183,000

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