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Yellow-crested or Citron-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua [sulphurea or citrinocristata] (= Cacatua sulphurea) (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The yellow-crested cockatoo also known as the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo with white plumage, bluish-white bare orbital skin, grey feet, a black bill, and a retractile yellow or orange crest. The sexes are similar. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
   Cacatua
Scientific:
  Cacatua sulphurea

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Psittacus sulphureus

Type locality:
  Moluccas, i.e. Celebes.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896930

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0992CA28BD720FDF

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0992CA28

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0992CA28

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554839

Geographic range:

  • Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea: Sulawesi and offlying islands Muna and Butung; now very rare
  • Cacatua sulphurea djampeana: islands in the Flores Sea: Tanahjampea Islands (Kayuadi, Tanahjampea, Kalao, Kalaotoa and Madu) and Tukangbesi Islands (Wangi-wangi, Tomea and Binongko)
  • Cacatua sulphurea abbotti: Masalembu Besar I. (Java Sea); critically endangered
  • Cacatua sulphurea parvula: central Lesser Sundas (Roti, Semau, and Timor)
  • Cacatua sulphurea occidentalis: western and central Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Rinca, Flores, Pantar and Alor); probably extirpated on Lombok, and critically rare on Sumbawa and Flores
  • Cacatua citrinocristata: Sumba (Lesser Sundas)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Yellow-crested or Citron-crested Cockatoo
French:
Cacatoès soufré ou C. à crête citron

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Yellow-crested or Citron-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua [sulphurea or citrinocristata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cacatoès soufré ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cacatoès soufré ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Kakatoe sulphurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Kakatoe sulphurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Kakatoe sulphurea [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cacatua sulphurea [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cacatua sulphurea [version 1]

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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Azerbaijani: kiçik sarıkəkil kakadu
Bengali: ঴রুদঝুুঁটি কাকাতুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): haludajhum̐ṭi kākātuẏā
Catalan: Cacatua sulfúria
Montenegrin: mali žutoćubi kakadu, мали жутоћуби какаду
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): мали жутоћуби какаду
Czech: Kakadu žlutolící
Danish: Lille Gultoppet Kakadu
German: Gelbwangenkakadu, Orangehaubenkakadu
English: Lesser sulphur-crested cackatoo, Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, White Cockatoo, Yellow crested Cockatoo, Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-crested or Citron-crested Cockatoo
English, HBW: Yellow-crested Cockatoo
English (IOC): Yellow-crested Cockatoo
English (United States): Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Esperanto: Sulfura kakatuo
Spanish: Cacatúa de Moño Naranja, Cacatúa Sulfúrea
Spanish (Spain): Cacatúa Sulfúrea
Spanish (HBW): Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Estonian: väävelkakaduu
Finnish: celebesinkakadu, Keltatöyhtökakadu
French: Cacatoès soufré, Cacatoès soufré ou C. à crête citron, Petit Cacatoès à huppe jaune
Irish: Mionchocatú ruibhchíorach
Croatian: žutouhi kakadu
Hungarian: aranyosarcú kakadu
Indonesian: Burung Kakatua Jambul Kuning, Burung Kakatua-kecil Jambul-kuning, Kakatua jambul kuning, Kakatua Jambul-kuning, Kakatua-kecil jambul-kuning, Kea-kea, Wela-wela
Icelandic: Gullkakadúi
Italian: Cacatua ciuffogiallo, Cacatua crestagialla
Japanese (romaji): kobatan, ko-batan
Japanese: コバタン
Japanese (Kanji): 小バタン
Kazakh: кіші сарыайдар какаду
Kirghiz: кидик сары үрпөктүү какаду
Scientific: Cacatua [sulphurea or citrinocristata], Cacatua sulphurea, Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea, Kakatoe sulphurea, Psittacus sulphureus
Lithuanian: Geltonskruostis kakadu, mažoji geltonkuodė kakadu
Malay: Burung Kakatua Jambul Kuning, Kakatua Jambul Kuning
Dutch: Geelkuif Kakatoe, Kleine Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gyllentoppkakadu
Norwegian: Gyllentoppkakadu, Liten gultoppkakadu
Polish: kakadu zóltolica, kakadu żółtolica
Pinyin: xiǎo kuíhuā fèng-tóu yīngwǔ, xiǎo kuíhuā yīngwǔ
Portuguese: Cacatua-de-crista-amarela 
Portuguese (Portugal): Catatua-de-crista-amarela, catatua-pequena-de-crista-amarela
Russian: Малый желтохохлый какаду
Slovak: kakadu žltochochlatý, kakadu žltochochlý
Serbian: Žutoćubi kakadu
Swedish: Mindre gultofskakadua
Turkish: Küçük sülfür kakadusu
Ukrainian: Какаду короткочубий
Chinese: 小葵花凤头鹦鹉, 小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡, 小葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡, 小葵花鸚鵡, 藍眼鳳頭鸚鵡

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