Bird group

Cockatoos

22 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo
Zanda baudinii
Critically Endangered≈ 2,500-4,500

The Baudin's Black-Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southwestern Australia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in…

Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Cacatua ophthalmica
Vulnerable≈ 87,000-378,000

The Blue-eyed Cockatoo is a cockatoo of New Guinea and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests…

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo
Zanda latirostris
Endangered≈ 20,000-52,000

The Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southwestern Australia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in…

Citron-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua citrinocristata
Critically Endangered≈ 800-1,320

The Citron-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo of Sumba and nearby Lesser Sunda islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and…

Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cockatiel is a cockatoo of arid and semi-arid interior Australia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in…

Galah
Eolophus roseicapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Galah is a cockatoo of Australia and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in tree…

Gang-gang Cockatoo
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Vulnerable≈ 17,600-35,200

The Gang-gang Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood,…

Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami
Vulnerable≈ 7,000-14,000

The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and…

Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Little Corella is a cockatoo of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood,…

Long-billed Corella
Cacatua tenuirostris
Least Concern≈ 100,000-499,999

The Long-billed Corella is a cockatoo of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and…

Palm Cockatoo
Probosciger aterrimus
Near Threatened≈ 260,000-640,000

The Palm Cockatoo is a cockatoo of New Guinea and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in…

Philippine Cockatoo
Cacatua haematuropygia
Critically Endangered≈ 430-750

The Philippine Cockatoo is a cockatoo of the Philippine islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in tree…

Pink Cockatoo
Cacatua leadbeateri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pink Cockatoo is a cockatoo of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood,…

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii
Least Concern≈ >100,000

The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a cockatoo of Australia and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood,…

Salmon-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua moluccensis
Endangered≈ 20,000-62,000

The Salmon-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo of the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit,…

Solomons Corella
Cacatua ducorpsii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Solomons Corella is a cockatoo of the Solomon Islands and nearby archipelagos. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and…

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit,…

Tanimbar Corella
Cacatua goffiniana
Near Threatened≈ 100,000-499,999

The Tanimbar Corella is a cockatoo of Indonesian islands and nearby Wallacea. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood,…

Western Corella
Cacatua pastinator
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Corella is a cockatoo of southwestern Australia. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and wood, nests in tree…

White Cockatoo
Cacatua alba
Endangered≈ 43,000-183,000

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,…

Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea
Critically Endangered≈ 1,200-2,000

The Yellow-crested Cockatoo is a cockatoo of Indonesian islands and nearby Wallacea. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit, and…

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Zanda funerea
Least Concern≈ > 25,000

The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It uses a strong bill to crack seeds, nuts, fruit,…