Citron-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua citrinocristata

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

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When to see the Citron-crested Cockatoo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

About the Citron-crested Cockatoo

The citron-crested cockatoo is a medium-sized cockatoo with an orange crest, dark grey beak, pale orange ear patches, and strong feet and claws. The underside of the larger wing and tail feathers has a pale yellow color. The eyelid color is a very light blue. Both sexes are similar. Females have a copper colored eye where as the male has a very dark black eye.

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