Pink Cockatoo vs Tanimbar Corella

Pink Cockatoo

Cacatua leadbeateri

Large397 gShrubland

The pink cockatoo has a soft-textured white and salmon-pink plumage and large, bright red and yellow crest. Its former name referenced Major Thomas Mitchell, who wrote, "Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region." Pink cockatoo females and males are almost identical. The males are usually bigger. The female has a broader yellow stripe on the crest and develops a red eye when mature.

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Tanimbar Corella

Cacatua goffiniana

Medium275 gForest

Tanimbar corellas weigh, on average, about 250 g (9 oz) for females and 300 g (11 oz) for males. They are about 31 cm (12 in) from head to tail. Like all members of the family Cacatuidae, the Tanimbar corella is crested, meaning it has a collection of feathers on its head that it can raise or lower. Its body is mainly covered with white feathers, with salmon- or pink-coloured feathers between the beak and eyes.

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Photo: Damien Wallace · CC BY 4.0

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