Pink cockatoo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Pink cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri Least concern

Where the pink cockatoo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 15,207 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See parrots on the world map

Scientific name	Cacatua leadbeateri
Group	Parrots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Cacatuidae

Where does the pink cockatoo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pink cockatoo in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the pink cockatoo endangered?

The pink cockatoo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pink cockatoo?

The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) is a bird in the order Psittaciformes and the family Cacatuidae, genus Cacatua. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pink cockatoo

The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), previously known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semiarid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north-east.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pink cockatoo (revision 1378802965), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q644135 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).