Avibase: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi (Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi))

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Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi)

Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
   Cacatua
Scientific:
  Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi

Citation:
Collar, NJ; Marsden, SJ 2014

Reference:
Forktail 30 p.26 [23-27]

Protonym:
Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi

Type locality:
type specimen AMNH 619651, a male taken at Wanci (Wangiwangi Island) on 3 December 1901 by H. Kuhn.

Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279045888

Avibase ID:
7711FB51F72720DC

Avibase ID:
avibase-7711FB51

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7711FB51

Taxonomic Serial Number:

Geographic range:

Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi: Tukangbesi Islands (Wangi-wangi, Tomea, and Binongko), southeast of Sulawesi

English:
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi)
French:
Cacatoès soufré (paulandrewi)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi) ( Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi) ( Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Yellow-crested Cockatoo (paulandrewi) ( Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi)
Avilist 2025: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

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