Family
Cockatoos
Cacatuidae
22 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Psittaciformes
A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.
Species in this family
- White Cockatoo Cacatua alba
- Citron-crested Cockatoo Cacatua citrinocristata
- Solomons Corella Cacatua ducorpsii
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana
- Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia
- Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri
- Salmon-crested Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis
- Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica
- Western Corella Cacatua pastinator
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo Zanda baudinii
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
Lookalikes compared
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo vs Cockatiel
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo vs Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo vs Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Cockatiel vs Little Corella
- Galah vs Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Little Corella vs White Cockatoo
- Yellow-crested Cockatoo vs Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo vs Baudin's Black-Cockatoo
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo vs Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo vs Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo