Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo

Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cacatua
Species: C. galerita
Subspecies: C. g. galerita
Trinomial name
Cacatua galerita galerita
Latham, 1790

The greater sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) is the nominate subspecies of the sulphur-crested cockatoo. It is native to eastern Australia from Cape York to Tasmania, and has been introduced to the Perth area of Western Australia.

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