Yellow-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua sulphurea (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea, is a cockatoo of the Sulawesi region and the Lesser Sundas in Australasia, where it occurs in wooded and cultivated areas. It is also known as the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo. The sexes look alike. It has white plumage, bluish-white bare skin around the eye, grey feet, a black bill and a yellow to orange crest that can be raised and lowered. It is often mistaken for the larger sulphur-crested cockatoo, but its crest is brighter and closer to orange, and it lacks pale yellow on the cheeks.

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Cacatuidae — Cockatoos

Breeding range

Australasia: Sulawesi region and Lesser Sundas