Cockatoos

Common Name: (Range)
  • Scientific Name (subspecies)
  • Main Color, Size, Clutch, Incubation Period


Black Cockatoo (Southeastern and extreme southwestern Australia; Tasmania)
  • Calyptorhynchus fumereus (baudinii, funereus, latirostis, xanthanotus)
  • Brownish black; 65 cm / 26 in, >65 cm / 26 in, 58 cm / 23.2 in, 58 cm / 23.2 in; Clutch: 1-2; Incubation days: 28-30
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (New Ireland, New Guinea)
  • Cacatua ophthalmica (None)
  • White; 45 cm / 18 in; Clutch: 2; Incubation days: 30
Cockatiel (Australia, except for humid, coastal areas)
  • Nymphicus hollandicus (None)
  • Male: grey, with brown; Female: grey, with brown and yellow; 32 cm / 12.8 in; Clutch: 4-6; Incubation days: 18
Ducorp's Cockatoo (Solomon Islands)
  • Cacatua ducorpsii (None)
  • White; 31 cm / 12.4 in; Clutch: 2-4; Incubation days: 28
Galah (Central, northern, and western Australia)
  • Eolophus roseicapillus (assimilis, roseicapillus)
  • White, with pink; 35 cm / 14 in; Clutch: 3-6; Incubation days: 22-24
Gang-gang Cockatoo (Extreme southeast coast of Australia; Northern Tasmania)
  • Callocephalon fimbriatum (None)
  • Grey; 35 cm / 14 in; Clutch: 2-3; Incubation days: 26-28
Glossy Cockatoo (Extreme eastern Australia)
  • Calyptorhynchus lathami (None)
  • Male: Black; Female: Brownish black; 48 cm / 19.2 in; Clutch: 1; Incubation days: 29
Goffin's Cockatoo (Tanimbar Islands)
  • Cacatua goffini (None)
  • White, with pink; 29 cm / 11.6 in; Clutch: 2-4; Incubation days: 28
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Celebes; Timor; Neighbouring islands)
  • Cacatua sulphurea (abbotti, citrinocristata, djampeana, occidentalis, parvula, sulphurea)
  • White, with yellow; 34 cm / 13.6 in, 31 cm / 12.4 in [parvula]; Clutch: 3-5; Incubation days: 22-24
Little Corella (Central, western, and northern Australia)
  • Cacatua sanguinea (normantomi, sanguinea)
  • White, with salmon; >38 cm / >15.2 in, 38 cm / 15.2 in; Clutch: 2-3; Incubation days: 21
Long-billed Corella (Southeastern and southwestern Australia)
  • Cacatua tenuirostris (tenuirostris, pastinator)
  • White; 38 cm / 15.2 in, >38 cm / >15.2 in; Clutch: 2-4; Incubation days: 24-28
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Interior and southwestern Australia)
  • Cacatua leadbeateri (leadbeateri, mollis)
  • White, with pink; 38 cm / 15.2 in, >38 cm / >15.2 in; Clutch: 3-4; Incubation days: 22-24
Palm Cockatoo (New Guinea; Cape York Peninsula)
  • Probosciger aterrimus (aterrimus, goliath, stenolophus)
  • Grey-black; 55-60 cm / 22-24 in [aterrimus], 60-70 cm / 24-28 in; Clutch: 1; Incubation days: 30
Red-tailed Cockatoo (Northern, southwestern, and interior areas of Australia)
  • Calyptorhynchus magnificus (macrorhynchus, magnificus, naso, samueli)
  • Male: Black; Female: Brownish black; 62 cm / 24.8 in, 55 cm / 22 in [samueli]; Clutch: 1-3; Incubation days: 28
Red-vented Cockatoo (Philippines)
  • Cacatua haematuropygia (None)
  • White; 31 cm / 12.4 in; Clutch: 2-4; Incubation days: 24-28
Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Southern Molucca Islands)
  • Cacatua moluccensis (None)
  • White, with pink; 55 cm / 22 in; Clutch: 2; Incubation days: 30
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (New Guinea; Eastern and northern coastal Australia; Tasmania)
  • Cacatua galerita (eleanora, fitzroyi, galerita, triton)
  • White, with yellow; 45 cm / 18 in, >50 cm / >20 in, 50 cm / 20 in, 45 cm / 18 in; Clutch: 2-4; Incubation days: 22-28
White Cockatoo (Central and northern Molucca Islands)
  • Cacatua alba (None)
  • White; 40-45 cm / 16-18 in; Clutch: 2; Incubation days: 28