Cacatua


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Related to Cacatua: Guacamayo
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Noun1.Cacatua - a genus of PsittacidaeCacatua - a genus of Psittacidae    
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Psittacidae, Psittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
cockatoo - white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
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(1-16,21,22,19,42,46-52) In South America, viral nucleic acid of BFDV was detected by DNA in situ hybridization in Brazil, in a white cockatoo (Cacatua alba).
A suspected wildlife trafficker was arrested Sunday while transporting five blue-naped parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis), locally called 'pikoy,' and a juvenile Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) or 'katala' in Bataraza town in Palawan province.
The Philippine Forest Turtle | Cacatua haematuropygia
Esta especie ha sido recolectada en pajareras de Ara ararauna (Linnaeus, 1758) (guacamayo azul) y Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1792) (cacatua ninfa) siendo una especie dominante (Solarz et al, 2004); esta referencia nos indica, que la especie no encuentra las condiciones optimas para su establecimiento es lugares con abundancia de materia organica.
The other threatened endemic species are the Negros bleeding heart (Gallicolumba keayi, CR), Visayan wrinkled hornbill (Aceros waldeni, CR), scarlet-collared flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum, VU), Cebu flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor, CR), and Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia, CR).
1071 depict an Australasian species; describing it as a White Cockatoo, also known as an Umbrella Cockatoo, (Cacatua alba), a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), or a Yellow-crested Cockatoo, also known as a Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, (Cacatua sulphurea).
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type DT160 infection in two Moluccan cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis): clinical presentation and pathology.
This is followed by the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo bird (Cacatua galerita) that, upon tilting the banknote diagonally, shows the different poses of the bird progressively highlighted, making it look as if the bird is flying.