Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica] (Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo)

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Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo

Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica] (= Cacatua galerita) (Latham, 1790)

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Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
  Cacatua

Scientific:
Cacatua galerita

Citation:
(Latham, 1790)

Reference:
IndexOrn. p.109

Protonym:
Psittacus galeritus

Avibase ID:
0F1858D522F4A06C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0F1858D5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177815

Geographic range:

Cacatua galerita galerita: E and se Australia (Cape York to Adelaide, King I., Tasmania)
Cacatua galerita triton: New Guinea and adjacent islands
Cacatua galerita eleonora: Aru Islands
Cacatua galerita fitzroyi: N Australia (Fitzroy River to Gulf of Carpenteria)
Cacatua ophthalmica: Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Catalan:
Cacatua de cresta groga
Czech:
kakadu žlutocecelatý
Danish:
Stor Gultoppet Kakadu
German:
Gelbhaubenkakadu
Spanish:
Cacatúa Galerita
Finnish:
kultatöyhtökakadu
French:
Cacatoès à huppe jaune ou C. aux yeux bleus
Hungarian:
sárgabóbitás kakadu
Italian:
Grande cacatua ciuffogiallo
Japanese (romaji):
kibatan
Japanese:
キバタン
Lithuanian:
Geltonkuodis kakadu
Dutch:
Grote Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian:
Gultoppkakadu
Polish:
kakadu zóltoczuba
Portuguese:
Cacatua-de-crista-amarela
Russian:
Желтохохлый какаду
Slovak:
Kakadu zlatochochlý
Swedish:
Större gultofskakadua
Ukrainian:
Какаду жовточубий
Chinese:
葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
葵花鳳頭鸚鵡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica])
James Lee Peters: Kakatoe galerita [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original): Kakatoe galerita [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Kakatoe galerita [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

Catalan: Cacatua de cresta groga
Czech: Kakadu žlutocecelatý
Danish: Stor Gultoppet Kakadu
German: Gelbhaubenkakadu
English: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested or Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Spanish: Cacatúa Galerita
Estonian: kollatutt-kakaduu
Finnish: Kultatöyhtökakadu
French: Cacatoès à huppe jaune, Cacatoès à huppe jaune ou C. aux yeux bleus
Irish: mórchocatú ruibhchíorach
Hungarian: sárgabóbitás kakadu
Indonesian: Kakatua jambul kuning
Italian: Grande cacatua ciuffogiallo
Japanese (romaji): kibatan
Japanese: キバタン
Scientific: Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica], Cacatua galerita, Cacatua galerita galerita, Kakatoe galerita, Psittacus galeritus
Lithuanian: Geltonkuodis kakadu
Dutch: Grote Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian: Gultoppkakadu
Palauan: Iakkotsiang
Polish: kakadu zóltoczuba, kakadu żółtoczuba
Portuguese: Cacatua-de-crista-amarela
Russian: Желтохохлый какаду
Slovak: Kakadu zlatochochlý
Swedish: Större gultofskakadua
Ukrainian: Какаду жовточубий
Chinese: 葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 葵花鳳頭鸚鵡