The Taxonomy of Cockatoos


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Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Microglossinae Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus
Subfamily: Calyptorhynchinae

Glossy Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus lathami
Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus baudinii
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii
Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus latirostris
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus funereus

Subfamily: Cacatuinae Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica
Ducorp's Cockatoo, Cacatua ducorps
Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum
Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla
Goffin's Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini
Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea
Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris
Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri
Moluccan Cockatoo or Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis
Red-vented Cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua alba
Western Corella, Cacatua pastinator
Subfamily: Nymphicinae Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus
Family: Psittacidae (parrots, over 330 species)



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