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White Cockatoo
Cacatua alba (Müller, PLS 1776)
The white cockatoo, also known as the umbrella cockatoo, is a medium-sized all-white cockatoo endemic to tropical rainforest on islands of Indonesia. When surprised, it extends a large and striking head crest, which has a semicircular shape. The wings and tail have a pale yellow or lemon color which is exposed when they fly. It is similar to other species of white cockatoo such as yellow-crested cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo, and salmon-crested cockatoo, all of which have yellow, orange or pink crest feathers instead of white. Source: Wikipedia
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Psittaciformes
Family:
Cacatuidae
Genus:
Cacatua
Scientific:
Cacatua alba
Classification
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:
Cacatuidae
Genus:
Cacatua
Scientific:
Cacatua alba
Original description
Citation:
(Müller, PLS 1776)
Reference:
Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd.
Protonym:
Psittacus albus
Type locality:
Moluccan Islands.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52710063#page/96/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AF71785DBD986BDB
Avibase ID:
avibase-AF71785D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AF71785D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554842
ENDANGERED
Geographic range:
- Cacatua alba: northern Moluccas (Bacan, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, and adjacent islands)
Source: Clements checklist
White Cockatoo
Catalan:
Cacatua blanca
Czech:
kakadu bílý
Danish:
Hvidtoppet Kakadu
German:
Weißhaubenkakadu
Spanish:
Cacatúa Blanca
Spanish (Spain):
Cacatúa Blanca
Finnish:
valkokakadu
French:
Cacatoès blanc
Croatian:
bijeli kakadu
Hungarian:
fehérbóbitás kakadu
Icelandic:
Hvítkakadúi
Italian:
Cacatua bianco
Japanese (romaji):
taihakuoumu
Japanese:
タイハクオウム
Lithuanian:
Baltasis kakadu
Dutch:
Witte Kaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvittoppkakadu
Norwegian:
Hvittoppkakadu
Polish:
kakadu biała
Portuguese:
Catatua-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
catatua-branca
Russian:
Белый какаду
Slovak:
kakadu biely
Serbian:
Beloćubi kakadu
Swedish:
vittofskakadua
Ukrainian:
Какаду білий
Chinese:
白凤头鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
白鳳頭鸚鵡
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cacatoès blanc ( Cacatua alba) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cacatoès blanc ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 1st edition: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2021: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2022: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2023: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2024: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 3rd edition: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 4th edition: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2015: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2016: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2017: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2018: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Clements, version 2019: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 1.50: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 1.52: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 1.53: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 1.54: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 1.55: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2015: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2016: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2017: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2018: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2019: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2021: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2022: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2023: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| eBird version 2024: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Oriental Bird Club: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Kakatoe alba |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Kakatoe alba |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Kakatoe alba |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White Cockatoo ( Cacatua alba) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cacatua alba |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cacatua alba |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Azerbaijani: böyük ağkəkil kakadu
Bengali: হেত কাকাতুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): śbēta kākātuẏā
Catalan: Cacatua blanca
Czech: Kakadu bílý
Chuvash: шурă какаду
Danish: Hvidtoppet Kakadu
German: Weißhaubenkakadu
English: Great White Cockatoo, White cackatoo, White Cockatoo, White-crested Cockatoo
English, HBW: White Cockatoo
English (IOC): White Cockatoo
English (United States): White Cockatoo
Esperanto: Blanka kakatuo
Spanish: Cacatúa Alba, Cacatúa Blanca, Cacatúa Copete Blanco, Cacatúa de Goffin
Spanish (Spain): Cacatúa Blanca
Spanish (HBW): White Cockatoo
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Cacatúa Blanca
Estonian: kollatutt-kakaduu, maluku kakaduu, melaneesia kakaduu
Finnish: Valkokakadu
French: Cacatoès blanc, Grand Cacatoès blanc
Croatian: bijeli kakadu
Hungarian: fehérbóbitás kakadu
Indonesian: Kakatua Putih
Icelandic: Hvítkakadúi
Italian: Cacatua bianco
Japanese (romaji): taihakuoumu
Japanese: タイハクオウム
Kazakh: ақ какаду
Scientific: Cacatua alba, Cacatua cristata, Kakatoe alba, Psittacus albus
Lithuanian: Baltasis kakadu, didžioji baltakuodė kakadu
Dutch: Witte Kaketoe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvittoppkakadu
Norwegian: Hvittoppkakadu
Polish: kakadu biala, kakadu biała
Portuguese: Catatua-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): catatua-branca
Russian: Белый какаду, Большой белохохлый какаду
Slovak: kakadu biely
Serbian: Beli kakadu, Beloćubi kakadu
Swedish: Vittofsad kakadua, vittofskakadua
Turkish: Ak kakadu
Ukrainian: Какаду білий
Uzbek: оқ какаду
Chinese: 白凤头鹦鹉, 白鳳頭鸚鵡
Chinese (Traditional): 白鳳頭鸚鵡
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