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A noisy and distinctive white parrot with its sulphur-yellow crest and light pale yellow on the underside of the wings, and a dark grey-black bill, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a iconic bird often seen in New South Wales urban parks and gardens.
The sexes are similar, except the female has slightly lighter red-brown eyes and the male cockatoo have darker brown eyes. From a distance, their eyes look black. The young Sulphur-crested Cockatoos are similar to the adults.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Cacatuidae
- Genus: Cacatua
- Subgenus: Cacatua
- Species: Cacatua galerita
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