Cacatua ophthalmica (Blue-eyed Cockatoo)

Blue-eyed Cockatoo

Cacatua ophthalmica Sclater, PL 1864

The blue-eyed cockatoo is a large, mainly white cockatoo about 50 cm (20 in) long with a mobile crest, a black beak, and a light blue rim of featherless skin around each eye that gives this species its name. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
   Cacatua
Scientific:
  Cacatua ophthalmica

Original description

Citation:
Sclater, PL 1864

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864, Part 2 p.188

Protonym:
Cacatua ophthalmica

Type locality:
Type an aviary specimen thought to have come from the Solomon Islands = New Britain.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500485

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
54B51CFD75691AE9

Avibase ID:
avibase-54B51CFD

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/54B51CFD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554840

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Cacatua ophthalmica: Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Blue-eyed Cockatoo
Catalan:
Cacatua d'ulls blaus
Czech:
kakadu brýlový
Danish:
Brillekakadu
German:
Brillenkakadu
Spanish:
Cacatúa Oftálmica
Spanish (Spain):
Cacatúa Oftálmica
Finnish:
sinisilmäkakadu
French:
Cacatoès aux yeux bleus
Croatian:
plavooki kakadu
Hungarian:
szemüveges kakadu
Italian:
Cacatua occhiazzurri
Japanese (romaji):
rurimetaihakuoumu
Japanese:
ルリメタイハクオウム
Lithuanian:
Akiniuotasis kakadu
Dutch:
Blauwoogkaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brillekakadu
Norwegian:
Brillekakadu
Polish:
kakadu niebieskooka
Portuguese:
Cacatua-de-olhos-azuis
Portuguese (Portugal):
catatua-d'olho-azul
Russian:
Очковый какаду
Slovak:
kakadu okuliarnatý
Serbian:
Plavooki kakadu
Swedish:
blåögd kakadua
Ukrainian:
Какаду новобританський
Chinese:
蓝眼凤头鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
葵花鳳頭鸚鵡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cacatoès aux yeux bleus ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Kakatoe galerita ophthalmica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Kakatoe galerita ophthalmica [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue-eyed Cockatoo ( Cacatua ophthalmica) [version 1]
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cacatua ophthalmica [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cacatua ophthalmica [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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