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Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea)

Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
   Cacatua
Scientific:
  Cacatua sulphurea 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/342/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  378AF2772598E135

Avibase ID:
  avibase-378AF277

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/378AF277

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 714184

Geographic range:

  • Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea: Sulawesi and Muna and Buton (off southeast); now very rare
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea)
French:
Cacatoès soufré (sulphurea)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea) ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Avilist 2025:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Kakatoe sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Kakatoe sulphurea sulphurea [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Cacatua sulphurea [sulphurea, djampeana or paulandrewi]

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German: Gelbwangenkakadu
English: Yellow-crested Cockatoo (sulphurea)
Spanish: Cacatúa de Moño Naranja
French: Cacatoès soufré (sulphurea)
Italian: Cacatua ciuffogiallo
Scientific: Cacatua aequatorialis, Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea, Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (sulphurea), Kakatoe sulphurea sulphurea, Psittacus sulphureus
Dutch: Kleine Geelkuifkaketoe

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