Sulphur Crested Coockatoo.An Introduction to a very beautiful bird.

2. SULPHUR- CRESTEDCOCKATOO
BY
ALI SHAH

4. “ The Sulphur-Crested
Cockatoo is one of
Australian’s best-known
birds, and its familiarity
worldwide as a good
natured pet, contrasts with
its wary nature in the wild”

5. Distribution
The Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo is
found in most types of open
timbered country throughout
northern and south eastern
Australia, Tasmania and some
offshore islands.

6.  ORDER:
Psittaciformes
 FAMILY:
Cacatuidae
 GENUS & SPECIES:
Cacatua galerita

7. Lifestyle
 Voice: A variety of very loud, raucous
screeches.
 Habit: Active day by day; in pairs or
small groups.
 Diet: Seeds, roots, bulbs, nuts; also
some insects and their larva.
 Lifespan: In captivity , over 50 years.

8. Breeding
 Number of Broods: 1
 Eggs: 2 , occasionally 3, white, ova
 incubation: 30 days
 Fledging period: 60 – 70 days

9. Characteristics
The Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo is
a noisy and conspicuous bird.
With its white plumage and
yellow crest gleaming in the sun,
it leaves its roost site in flocks to
drink and feed, and provides on
of the most spectacular sights to
be seen in Australia.

10. Food & Feedings
 The Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
feeds on a wide variety of seeds,
as well as on nuts, barriers,
fruits, flower blossoms, and
corns. They also eat some insects
and their larva.

11. Related Species
There are 17 other species of
cockatoo including the lesser
sulphur-crested cockatoo, and
the blue –eyed cockatoo.

12. SULPHUR -CRESTED COCKATOO & MAN
The Sulphur-Crested
Cockatoo is protected in
nearly all Australian States,
although permits are issued
to formers to shoot them in
crop-growing areas. It has
also become a familiar
sight in some urban areas
specially Canberra in the
southeast , where it can be
seen on the lawns of
Parliament House.

13. THE END