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The Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) are an inland species found across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. They are seen in a wide range of inland habitats, that may or may not have trees, but always within easy reach of water.

Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer

One of the striking features of the beautiful Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), is the red and delicate yellow in the crest on the head. Combined with the delicate salmon pink colours of the feathers under the wings and body, it is certainly a striking cockatoo.

The Pink Cockatoos can often be seen feeding on the ground, eating the seeds of saltbush, native and exotic melons. They also eat the seeds of wattles and cypress pines.

Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT © Dorothy Latimer

The photographs presented here were taken over the years in August.

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  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Informal: Gnathostomata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Psittaciformes
  • Family: Cacatuidae
  • Subfamily: Cacatuinae
  • Tribe: Cacatuini
  • Genus: Lophochroa
  • Species: Lophochroa leadbeateri
  • Subspecies:
    • Lophochroa leadbeateri
    • Lophochroa mollis

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