Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (4)
Ian Rowley, Guy M. Kirwan, 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 |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cacatua crestagroga |
| Chinese | 葵花鳳頭鸚鵡 |
| Czech | kakadu žlutočečelatý |
| Dutch | Grote Geelkuifkaketoe |
| English | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
| English (United States) | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
| French | Cacatoès à huppe jaune |
| French (France) | Cacatoès à huppe jaune |
| German | Gelbhaubenkakadu |
| Indonesian | Kakatua koki |
| Japanese | キバタン |
| Norwegian | gultoppkakadu |
| Polish | kakadu żółtoczuba |
| Russian | Большой желтохохлый какаду |
| Serbian | Veliki žutoćubi kakadu |
| Slovak | kakadu zlatochochlatý |
| Slovenian | Rumenočopasti kakadu |
| Spanish | Cacatúa Galerita |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Cacatúa Galerita |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cacatúa galerita |
| Swedish | större gultofskakadua |
| Turkish | Büyük Sülfür Kakadusu |
| Ukrainian | Какаду жовточубий |
Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus galeritus
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.109.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CACATUA
- galerita
- Galerita
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
