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)
|
38 cm / 15.2 in |
2 to 3 eggs |
21 - 27 days |
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica)
|
45 cm / |
2 eggs |
30 days |
Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoos
|
58-65 cm / |
1 to 2 eggs |
28 to 30 days |
Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
|
32 cm / |
4 to 6 eggs |
18 to 21 days |
Ducorp's Cockatoos (Cacatua ducorpsii )
|
31 cm / |
2 to 4 eggs |
26 - 28 days |
Galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus: assimilis, roseicapillus)
|
35 cm / |
3 to 6 eggs |
20 to 24 days |
| Gang-gang Cockatoos (Callocephalon fimbriatum) | 35 cm / |
2 to 3 eggs |
24 to 28 days |
Glossy Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
|
48 cm / |
1 egg |
29 days |
Goffin's Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini)
|
29 cm / |
2 to 4 eggs |
24 - 28 days |
Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri (Cacatua leadbeateri: leadbeateri, mollis)
|
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)
|
31-34 cm / |
3 to 5 eggs |
22 to 27 days |
Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris: tenuirostris, pastinator
|
38 cm / 15.2 in |
2 to 4 eggs |
24 to 28 days |
Moluccan Cockatoos or Salmon-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis)
|
55 cm / 22 in |
2 eggs |
28 - 30 days |
Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus: aterrimus, goliath, stenolophus)
|
55-70 cm / 22-28 in |
1 egg |
28 - 31 days |
Red-tailed Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus magnificus: macrorhynchus, magnificus, naso, samueli)
|
55-62 cm / 22-24.8 in |
1 to 3 eggs |
28 - 31 days |
Red-vented Cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia)
|
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)
|
38 cm / 15.2 in |
2 to 3 eggs |
21 - 27 days |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita: eleanora, fitzroyi, galerita, triton)
|
45-50 cm / |
2 to 4 eggs |
22 to 28 days |
Triton Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton aka Cacatua triton)
|
45 cm - 18 in | 2 to 3 eggs | 25 - 27 days |
Umbrella Cockatoo or White Cockatoos (Cacatua alba)
|
40-45 cm / 16-18 in |
2 eggs |
27 - 29 days |
