Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)Pink Cockatoo crest Pink Cockatoo in flight

Known both as the Pink Cockatoo or the Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), this beautifully coloured bird has been sighted at the Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern Territory.

Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo / Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo / Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo / Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pink Cockatoo / Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) © Dorothy Latimer

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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

Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)Pink Cockatoo crest Pink Cockatoo in flight

Newhaven FaunaAustralian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

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