Salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), Indonesia. From Wordnik.com. [Seram rain forests] Reference
A subspecies of western corella, Cacatua pastinator pastinator is also found in this ecoregion, with fewer than 2,500 mature birds present. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference
However, wildlife trade has been strong since historical times, and it may threaten some bird species such as the salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis). From Wordnik.com. [Seram rain forests] Reference
Agricultural use has also allowed galah (Cacatua roseicapella) to invade from arid regions, but galahs ringbark trees and may be contributing to woodland decline. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference
Some 72 species of birds have been recorded, including yellow-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea (V), noisy friar bird Philemon buceroides and common scrubhen Megapodius freycinet. From Wordnik.com. [Komodo National Park, Indonesia] Reference
Simunul has some patches of forest remaining that support populations of Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis), and blue-backed parrot (T. sumatranus). From Wordnik.com. [Sulu Archipelago rain forests] Reference
The Palawan peacock-pheasant, blue-headed racquet-tail, Philippine cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia), and blue-naped parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis) apparently are suffering greatly from the pet trade. From Wordnik.com. [Palawan rain forests] Reference
Several widespread but threatened species also occur on the islands, including the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) and vulnerable rufous-lored kingfisher (Todirhamphus winchelli). From Wordnik.com. [Sulu Archipelago rain forests] Reference
In addition to the restricted-range species, several widespread threatened species are found in the ecoregion, including the critically endangered Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jeffreyi) and Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia). From Wordnik.com. [Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests] Reference
The most notable example is the Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), which at one time was widespread throughout the Philippines but is now scarce (if not extinct) in Luzon, an enormous decline caused almost entirely by the pet trade. From Wordnik.com. [Luzon rain forests] Reference
Five vulnerable species, four of which are found nowhere else, are found in the ecoregion: invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), caranculated fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and white cockatoo (Cacatua alba). From Wordnik.com. [Halmahera rain forests] Reference
The remaining four species are found nowhere else: the endangered black-chinned monarch (Monarcha boanensis) and vulnerable salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), purple-naped lory (Lorius domicella), and lazuli kingfisher (Todirhamphus lazuli). From Wordnik.com. [Seram rain forests] Reference
This bird succeeded Cacatua galerita, and was first seen in an immense flock on the grassy plains at the bottom of the Depot Creek, feeding on the grassy plains or under the trees, where it greedily sought the seeds of the kidney bean. From Wordnik.com. [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference
The range of the Rose Cockatoo was right across the continent as far as we went -- as well as that of the Crested Parroquet, which was, as I have observed, the last bird we saw, just before Mr. Browne and I turned homewards from our first going to the N.W. The Cacatua sanguinea, Gould, succeeded the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo to the westward of the Barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference
Cacatua galerita, Vieill. — — — — Leadbeateri. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1] Reference
One bird, Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleanora), came to the researchers 'attention after YouTube footage suggested he might have a certain prowess for dance - especially when listening to Everybody by the Backstreet Boys. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Artist] Reference
Cacatua galerita, Vieill. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete] Reference
Mystery Bird: Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea. From Wordnik.com. [Mystery bird: African mourning dove, Streptopelia decipiens] Reference
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