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Yellow-crested Cockatoo

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:
  B8645BCF1AD2C03D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B8645BCF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B8645BCF


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554839


CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Cacatua sulphurea: Sulawesi region and Lesser Sundas
  • Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea: Sulawesi and Muna and Buton (off southeast); now very rare
  • Cacatua sulphurea djampeana: islands in the Flores Sea: Tanahjampea Islands (Kayuadi, Tanahjampea, Kalao, Kalaotoa, and Madu)
  • Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi: Tukangbesi Islands (Wangi-wangi, Tomea, and Binongko), southeast of Sulawesi
  • Cacatua sulphurea abbotti: Masalembu Besar Island (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
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English:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
Catalan:
cacatua sulfúria
Czech:
kakadu žlutolící
Danish:
Lille Gultoppet Kakadu
German:
Gelbwangenkakadu
Spanish:
Cacatúa sulfúrea
Finnish:
celebesinkakadu
French:
Cacatoès soufré
Croatian:
žutouhi kakadu
Hungarian:
aranyosarcú kakadu
Italian:
Cacatua crestagialla
Japanese:
コバタン
Lithuanian:
geltonskruostis kakadu
Dutch:
Kleine Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian:
gyllentoppkakadu
Polish:
kakadu żółtolica
Portuguese:
catatua-sulfúrea
Portuguese (Portugal):
catatua-pequena-de-crista-amarela
Russian:
Малый желтохохлый какаду
Slovak:
kakadu žltochochlatý
Serbian:
Žutoćubi kakadu
Swedish:
mindre gultofskakadua
Ukrainian:
какаду короткочубий
Chinese:
小葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
藍眼鳳頭鸚鵡


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo [sulphurea] ( Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Yellow-crested) ( Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Yellow-crested) ( Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Catalan: cacatua sulfúria
Czech: kakadu žlutolící
Danish: Lille Gultoppet Kakadu
German: Gelbwangenkakadu, Gelbwangenkakadu [sulphurea-Gruppe]
English: Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Yellow-crested), Yellow-crested Cockatoo [sulphurea]
English (IOC): Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Yellow-crested)
English (United States): Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Yellow-crested)
Esperanto: Sulfura kakatuo
Spanish: Cacatúa sulfúrea, Cacatúa Sulfúrea (cresta amarilla)
Spanish (Spain): Cacatúa sulfúrea (cresta amarilla)
Estonian: väävelkakaduu
Finnish: celebesinkakadu
French: Cacatoès soufré, Cacatoès soufré (sulphurea), Cacatoès soufré [sulphurea]
Croatian: žutouhi kakadu
Hungarian: aranyosarcú kakadu
Indonesian: Kakatua-kecil jambul-kuning
Icelandic: Gullkakadúi [sulphurea hópur]
Italian: Cacatua crestagialla
Japanese: コバタン, コバタン(sulphurea グループ)
Scientific: Cacatua sulphurea, Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea Group], Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea], Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea
Lithuanian: geltonskruostis kakadu
Dutch: Kleine Geelkuifkaketoe
Norwegian: gyllentoppkakadu, gyllentoppkakadu (sulphurea gr.)
Polish: kakadu żółtolica
Portuguese: catatua-sulfúrea
Portuguese (Portugal): catatua-pequena-de-crista-amarela, catatua-pequena-de-crista-amarela [grupo sulphurea]
Russian: Малый желтохохлый какаду, Малый желтохохлый какаду [группа sulphurea]
Slovak: kakadu žltochochlatý, kakadu žltochochlatý (skup.)
Serbian: Žutoćubi kakadu, Žutoćubi kakadu (sa žutom ćubom)
Swedish: mindre gultofskakadua, mindre gultofskakadua [gruppen sulphurea]
Turkish: Küçük Sülfür Kakadusu, Küçük Sülfür Kakadusu [sulphurea grubu]
Ukrainian: какаду короткочубий
Chinese: 小葵花凤头鹦鹉 [sulphurea Group], 小葵花鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 藍眼鳳頭鸚鵡

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