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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita (Latham, J 1790)

The sulphur-crested cockatoo is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. A highly intelligent bird, they are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
   Index Orn. 1 p.109

Protonym:
  Psittacus galeritus

Type locality:
  New South Wales.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510480


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3F907C523F3C5670

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3F907C52

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3F907C52


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177815

Geographic range:

  • Cacatua galerita: New Guinea and satellite islands, and northern and eastern Australia including Tasmania
  • Cacatua galerita galerita: eastern and southeastern Australia (Cape York to Adelaide, King Island, and Tasmania)
  • Cacatua galerita triton: New Guinea and adjacent islands
  • Cacatua galerita eleonora: Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Cacatua galerita fitzroyi: northern Australia (Fitzroy River to Gulf of Carpenteria)
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English:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Catalan:
Cacatua de cresta groga
Czech:
kakadu žlutočečelatý
Danish:
Stor Gultoppet Kakadu
German:
Gelbhaubenkakadu
Spanish:
Cacatúa Galerita
Spanish (Spain):
Cacatúa Galerita
Finnish:
kultatöyhtökakadu
French:
Cacatoès à huppe jaune
Croatian:
žutokukmasti kakadu
Hungarian:
sárgabóbitás kakadu
Italian:
Cacatua crestazolfo
Japanese (romaji):
kibatan
Japanese:
キバタン
Lithuanian:
Geltonkuodis kakadu
Dutch:
Grote Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gultoppkakadu
Norwegian:
Gultoppkakadu
Polish:
kakadu żółtoczuba
Portuguese:
Cacatua-de-crista-amarela
Portuguese (Portugal):
catatua-grande-de-crista-amarela
Russian:
Большой желтохохлый какаду
Slovak:
kakadu zlatochochlatý
Serbian:
Veliki žutoćubi kakadu
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 Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cacatoès à huppe jaune ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cacatoès à huppe jaune ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita)
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua galerita) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cacatua galerita [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cacatua galerita [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cacatua [galerita or ophthalmica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Azerbaijani: böyük sarıkəkil kakadu
Bengali: ঳ারপাযঝুুঁটি কাকাতুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): sālaphārajhum̐ṭi kākātuẏā
Catalan: Cacatua de cresta groga
Czech: Kakadu žlutocecelatý, kakadu žlutočečelatý
Danish: Stor Gultoppet Kakadu
German: Gelbhaubenkakadu
English: Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Sulphur crested Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Sulpur-crested cackatoo, White Cockatoo, Yellow-crested cackatoo
English, HBW: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
English (IOC): Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
English (United States): Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Esperanto: Peruka kakatuo, sulfurtufa kakatuo
Spanish: Cacatúa de Moño Amarillo, Cacatúa Galerita
Spanish (Colombia): Cacatúa galerita
Spanish (Spain): Cacatúa Galerita
Spanish (HBW): Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Cacatúa Galerita
Estonian: kollatutt-kakaduu
Finnish: Kultatöyhtökakadu
French: Cacatoès à huppe jaune, Grand Cacatoès à huppe jaune
Irish: Mórchocatú ruibhchíorach
Croatian: žutokukmasti kakadu
Hungarian: sárgabóbitás kakadu
Indonesian: Kakatua jambul kuning, Kakatua Koki, Kakatua putih besar jambul kuning
Italian: Cacatua ciuffogiallo maggiore, Cacatua crestazolfo, Grande cacatua ciuffogiallo
Japanese (romaji): kibatan
Japanese: キバタン
Kazakh: айдарлы какаду, сары айдарлы какаду, үлкен сары айдарлы какаду
Kirghiz: сары үрпөктүү какаду
Scientific: Cacatua galerita, Cacatua galerita galerita, Kakatoe galerita, Psittacus galeritus
Lithuanian: didžioji geltonkuodė kakadu, Geltonkuodis kakadu
Dutch: Grote Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gultoppkakadu
Norwegian: Gultoppkakadu, Gultoppkakdu, Stor gultoppkakadu
Palauan: Iakkotsiang
Polish: kakadu zóltoczuba, Kakadu żółtoczuba
Portuguese: Cacatua-de-crista-amarela
Portuguese (Portugal): catatua-grande-de-crista-amarela
Russian: Большой желтохохлый какаду, Желтохвостый Какаду
Slovak: kakadu zlatochochlatý, Kakadu zlatochochlý
Serbian: Veliki žutoćubi kakadu
Swedish: Större gultofskakadua
Turkish: Büyük sülfür kakadusu
Ukrainian: Какаду жовточубий
Chinese: 葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡, 葵花鳳頭鸚鵡

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