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The sulphur-crested cockatoo is one of the most easily recognized birds in Australia.

With its strident call and brilliant white feathers, it is a common sight throughout open timbered country in the eastern and northern parts of the country.

The scientific name Cacatua galerita means ‘capped cockatoo’. Kakatua is the Indonesian word for a cockatoo, and the species name derives from the Latin galer meaning cap, referring to the bright yellow crest. Sulphur-crested Cockatoos are members of the Psittacidae family of birds, or the ‘true’ parrots. All have stocky bodies, medium-sized wings, strong, hooked beaks, and feet with two forward-facing and two rear-facing toes.