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Photo by James Eaton
Yamdena, Tanimbar Is, Maluku, Indonesia, November 2011

Alternative names: Goffin's Cockatoo; Tanimbar Cockatoo

Cacatua goffini

[edit] Identification

31 cm. Smallest of all the cockatoos. White body, some salmon or pink face feathers between beak and eyes, pale grey beak, some salmon on crest, yellow tinge to underside wing and tail feathers, brown or black iris. Both sexes are similar.

Near threatened.

[edit] Distribution

Near-threatened endemic of the island of Tanimbar, Indonesia. Introduced to Singapore, where a small, self-supporting population exists.

Bird from an introduced population
Photo by Neil
Photo taken: Hong Kong, China..

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Forest and agricultural land.

[edit] Behaviour

• Breeding: It nests in tree hollows.
• Diet: It feeds on maize crops.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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