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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita · Family Psittacidae
Cacatua galerita
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,328,604
- Countries and territories with records
- 43
About this species
This species has 1,328,604 occurrence records from 43 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.2% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cacatua galerita combines the genus name Cacatua with the species epithet galerita. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Cacatua; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cacatua sanguinea, Cacatua tenuirostris and Cacatua leadbeateri.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 20 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.