Pink cockatoo
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The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north east.[3][4][5]
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Pink cockatoo | |
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Pink cockatoo with its crest raised in New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Cacatuidae |
Genus: | Cacatua |
Subgenus: | Lophochroa Bonaparte, 1857 |
Species: | C. leadbeateri |
Binomial name | |
Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) | |
Subspecies | |
C. (L.). l. leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) | |
Pink cockatoo range (in red) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors, 1831 |
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