Pink Cockatoo

Overview

Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) is a species of Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) in the order Parrots.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Cacatua; binomial: Cacatua leadbeateri; authority: (Vigors, 1831).

Distribution

Breeding range: Australasia.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Separate Major Mitchell's Cockatoo from Cacatua to Lophochroa (Brown & Toft 1999, Christidis & Boles 2008, Joseph et al. 2012). Restore Major Mitchell's Cockatoo to Cacatua from Lophochroa (Schodde & Mason 1997; HBW/BirdLife). The species is deeply basal within the same clade as the other species in Cacatua (Provost et al. 2018). But it shares similar morphological, behavioral, and vocal features as the other species in that genus, suggesting that Lophochroa may be more appropriately treated as a subgenus. Change English name from Major Mitchell's Cockatoo to Pink Cockatoo to align with Clements/eBird.