![]() ![]() The genus Cacatua comprises 11 species of white plumaged cockatoos, including the corellas, a group of smaller cockatoos. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey, or black, and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks, or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots however, the Cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos are instantly recognisable by their showy crests and curved bills. ![]() The name cockatoo originated from the Malay name for these birds, kaka(k)tua (either from kaka "parrot" + tuwah, or "older sister" from kakak "sister" + tua "old"). The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Placement of the cockatoos as a separate family is fairly undisputed, although many aspects of the other living lineages of parrots are unresolved. Along with the Psittacidae (the true parrots) and the Strigopidae (the large New Zealand parrots), they make up the parrot order Psittaciformes. Excerpt: A cockatoo is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae. Chapters: Cockatoo, Parrot, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Cockatiel, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Tanimbar Corella, Cockatiel colour genetics, Palm Cockatoo, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Snowball, White Cockatoo, Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Muir's Corella, Long-billed Corella, Outline of birds, Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Red-vented Cockatoo, Cookie, Calyptorhynchus, Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Eleonora Cockatoo, Butler's Corella, Little Corella, Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Citron-crested Cockatoo, Solomons Cockatoo, Cacatua, Western Corella. This small white cockatoo is larger than the Tanimbar corella yet smaller than the umbrella cockatoo. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Solomons cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii), also known as the Ducorpss cockatoo, Solomons corella or broad-crested corella, is a species of cockatoo endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. ![]()
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