Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Taxonomy

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Cacatuidae

Genus

Cacatua

eBird Code

succoc

Subspecies (4)

• Cacatua galerita eleonora

  Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Cacatua galerita fitzroyi

  northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, to Gulf of Carpentaria)

• Cacatua galerita galerita

  eastern and southeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland, southward to southeastern South Australia, including Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, off South Australia, and King Island, northwest of Tasmania)

• Cacatua galerita triton

  New Guinea and adjacent islands