Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 5 Common Cockatoo Names Index 13 Common Characteristics 19 Part One. The White Cockatoos Genus: Cacatua Subgenus: Cacatua 1. Umbrella Cockatoo: Cacatua alba (Müller, 1776) 24 2. Moluccan Cockatoo: Cacatua moluccensis (Gmelin, 1788) 33 3. Yellow-crested Cockatoo: Cacatua sulphurea (Gmelin, 1788) 44 4. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo: Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) 58 5. Blue-eyed Cockatoo: Cacatua ophthalmica (Sclater, 1864) 74 6. Slender-billed Cockatoo: Cacatua tenuirostris (Kuhl, 1820) 85 7.

Western ­Long-billed Corella: Cacatua pastinator (Gould, 1841) 94 8. Ducorps Cockatoo: Cacatua ducorpsii (Pucheran, 1853) 105 9. Goffin's Cockatoo: Cacatua goffiniana (Finsch, 1863) 112 10. Little Corella: Cacatua sanguinea (Gould, 1843) 120 11. Red-vented Cockatoo: Cacatua haematuropygia (Müller, 1776) 132 Part Two. The Grey/Pink Cockatoos Genera: Eolophus and Lophochroa 12. Galah Cockatoo: Eolophus roseicapilla (Viellot, 1817) 144 13. Leadbeater's Cockatoo: Lophochroa leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) 159 Part Three.

The Black Cockatoos Genus: Callocephalon, Probosciger and Calyptorhynchus Subgenus: Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) 14. Gang-Gang Cockatoo: Callocephalon fimbriatum (Grant, 1803) 168 15. Palm Cockatoo: Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788) 179 16. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790) 192 17. Glossy Black Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807) 204 18. White-tailed Black Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus baudinii (Lear, 1832) 214 19. Carnaby's Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus latirostris (Carnaby, 1948) 225 20. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus funereus (Shaw, 1794) 237 Part Four.

Small Cockatoos Genus: Nymphicus 21. Cockatiel: Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1793) 248 Chapter Notes 261 Bibliography 267 Index 283.