Yellow-crested cockatoo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-crested cockatoo lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cacatua sulphurea
Group	Parrots
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Bird
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Cacatuidae

Where does the yellow-crested cockatoo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-crested cockatoo in 5 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. In Singapore it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

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 yellow-crested cockatoo endangered?

The yellow-crested cockatoo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-crested cockatoo?

The yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) is a bird in the order Psittaciformes and the family Cacatuidae, genus Cacatua. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-crested cockatoo

The yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) also known as the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo, is a medium-sized (about 34-cm-long) cockatoo with white plumage, bluish-white bare orbital skin, grey feet, a black bill, and a retractile yellow or orange crest. The sexes are similar.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-crested cockatoo (revision 1372975407), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q372906 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).