White Cockatoo Cacatua alba Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Ian Rowley and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkuifkaketoe |
| Catalan | cacatua blanca |
| Chinese | 白鳳頭鸚鵡 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白鳳頭鸚鵡 |
| Czech | kakadu bílý |
| Dutch | Witte Kaketoe |
| English | White Cockatoo |
| English (United States) | White Cockatoo |
| French | Cacatoès blanc |
| French (France) | Cacatoès blanc |
| German | Weißhaubenkakadu |
| Icelandic | Hvítkakadúi |
| Indonesian | Kakatua putih |
| Japanese | タイハクオウム |
| Norwegian | hvittoppkakadu |
| Polish | kakadu biała |
| Russian | Белый какаду |
| Serbian | Beloćubi kakadu |
| Slovak | kakadu biely |
| Spanish | Cacatúa Blanca |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Cacatúa Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cacatúa blanca |
| Swedish | vittofskakadua |
| Turkish | Ak Kakadu |
| Ukrainian | Какаду білий |
Cacatua alba (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus albus
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.76.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Moluccan Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CACATUA
- alba
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White Cockatoo
