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Birds
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Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo
Cacatua
galerita
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 Appearance
It has white feathers and distinguished
yellow-tipped crown feathers. Its beak and claws are black.
Size: 50 cm (19 3/4 in) |
 Description
Noisy, gregarious birds, sulphur-crested
cockatoos move in pairs or family groups in the breeding
season, but join in flocks for the rest of the year. In
open country, these flocks may number hundreds of birds. |
Regions
New Guinea and offshore islands, Aru
Islands, N. and E. Australia, Tasmania; introduced in New
Zealand in forest, savanna, farmland |
Diet
Each flock has a habitual roosting
site, which the birds leave at sunrise to fly to daytime
feeding grounds, where they eat seeds, fruit, nuts, flowers,
leaves, insects and larvae. |
Breeding
After a brief courtship display, culminating
in a spell of mutual preening, the sulphur-crested cockatoos
nest in a hole in a tree. Both parents incubate the 2 or
3 eggs for about 30 days, and the young stay in the nest
for 6 to 9 weeks. |
Status
Non-threatened |
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