Cockatoos: Range, Size & Breeding Data

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Common & Scientific Name & Native Range

Length from beak to tip of tail

Average Clutch Size Average incubation period

Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea)

  • Range: Central, western, and northern Australia
38 cm /
15.2 in
2 to 3
eggs
21 - 27 days
 

Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica)

  • Range: New Ireland, New Guinea

45 cm /
18 in

2 eggs 30 days
 

Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoos

Sub-Species / Races Including Nominate: baudinii, tenuirostris, funereus, xanthonotus ... White-eared Cockatoos

  • Range: Southeastern and extreme southwestern Australia; Tasmania

58-65 cm /
23.2-26 in

1 to 2
eggs
28 to 30
days
 

Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

  • Range: Australia, except for humid, coastal areas
32 cm /
12.8 in
4 to 6
eggs
18 to 21
days
 

Ducorp's Cockatoos (Cacatua ducorpsii )

  • Range: Solomon Islands
31 cm /
12.4 in
2 to 4
eggs
26 - 28 days
 

Galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus: assimilis, roseicapillus)

  • Range: Central, northern, and western Australia
35 cm /
14 in
3 to 6
eggs
20 to 24
days
 
Gang-gang Cockatoos (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
  • Range: Extreme southeast coast of Australia; Northern Tasmania
35 cm /
14 in
2 to 3
eggs
24 to 28
days
 
Glossy Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
  • Range: Extreme eastern Australia
48 cm /
19.2 in
1 egg 29 days
 

Goffin's Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)

  • Range: Tanimbar Islands (Maluku Province)
29 cm /
11.6 in
2 to 4
eggs
21 - 26 days
 

Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri (Cacatua leadbeateri: leadbeateri, mollis)

  • Range: Interior and southwestern Australia
38 cm /
15.2 in
3 to 4
eggs
22 to 26
days
 

Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoos or Yellow-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea: abbotti, citrinocristata, djampeana, occidentalis, parvula, sulphurea)

  • Range: Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia; Timor; Neighboring islands
31-34 cm /
12.4-13.6 in
3 to 5
eggs
22 to 27
days
 

Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris: tenuirostris)

  • Range: Southeastern and southwestern Australia
38 cm /
15.2 in
2 to 4
eggs
24 to 28
days
 
Moluccan Cockatoos or Salmon-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis)
  • Range: Southern Molucca Islands
55 cm /
22 in
2 eggs 28 - 30 days
 

Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus: aterrimus, goliath, stenolophus)

  • Range: New Guinea; Cape York Peninsula
55-70 cm /
22-28 in
1 egg 28 - 31 days
 

Red-tailed Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus magnificus: macrorhynchus, magnificus, naso, samueli)

  • Range: Northern, southwestern, and interior areas of Australia
55-62 cm /
22-24.8 in
1 to 3
eggs
28 - 31 days
 

Red-vented Cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia)

  • Range: Philippines
31 cm /
12.4 in
2 to 4
eggs
24 to 29
days
 

Slender-billed or Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea: normantomi, sanguinea)

  • Range: Central, western, and northern Australia
38 cm /
15.2 in
2 to 3
eggs
21 - 27 days
 
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita: eleanora, fitzroyi, galerita, triton)
  • Range: New Guinea; Eastern and northern coastal Australia; Tasmania
45-50 cm /
18-20 in
2 to 4
eggs
22 to 28
days
 
Triton Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton aka Cacatua triton)
  • Range: New Guinea
45 cm - 18 in 2 to 3 eggs 25 - 27 days
 
Umbrella Cockatoo or White Cockatoos (Cacatua alba)
  • Range: Central and northern Molucca Islands
40-45 cm /
16-18 in
2 eggs 27 - 29 days



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