Sulphur-crested Cockatoo <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

Cockatoo

Cockatoos

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Aves <tr><td>Order:<td>Psittaciformes <tr><td>Family:<td>Cacatuidae </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Genera <tr><td> Probosciger
Calyptorhynchus
Callocephalon
Eolophus
Cacatua
Nymphicus </table> A cockatoo is any of about 20 species of bird belonging to the family Cacatuidae, one of the two families making up the order Psittaciformes, which includes all parrots. Like other members of the Psittaciformes, cockatoos have a characteristic curved beak shape, a zygodactyl foot (two toes forward and two toes back), and many other common features. Cockatoos differ in their distribution, all being confined to Australia and the nearby islands, and in a number of anatomical characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest, and their lack of the Dyck texture feather composition which gives many of the parrots their iridescent colours. In general, most cockatoos are larger than most parrots, though there are exceptions. ORDER PSITTACIFORMES

Family Cacatuidae
- Subfamily Microglossinae
  - Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus
- Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae
  - Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii
  - Glossy Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus lathami
  - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus funereus
  - Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus latirostris
  - Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus baudinii
- Subfamily Cacatuinae
  - Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum
  - Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla
  - Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris
  - Western Corella, Cacatua pastinator
  - Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea
  - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri
  - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
  - Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea
    - Citron-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea citroncristata
  - Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica
  - Moluccan Cockatoo or Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis
  - Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua alba
  - Red-vented Cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia
  - Goffin's Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini
  - Ducorp's Cockatoo, Cacatua ducorps
- Subfamily Nymphicinae
  - Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus
Family Psittacidae (parrots, over 330 species)

Cockatoo at Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, North Devon, England

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