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'''Alternative names: Goffin's Cockatoo; Tanimbar Cockatoo'''
 
[[Image:Tanimbarcorella.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Yamdena, Tanimbar Is, Maluku, [[Indonesia]], November 2011]]
 
[[Image:Tanimbarcorella.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Yamdena, Tanimbar Is, Maluku, [[Indonesia]], November 2011]]
'''Alternative names: Goffin's Cockatoo; Tanimbar Cockatoo'''
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==Identification==
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Near-threatened endemic of the island of [[Tanimbar]], [[Indonesia]].  Introduced to [[Singapore]], where a small, self-supporting population exists.
 
Near-threatened endemic of the island of [[Tanimbar]], [[Indonesia]].  Introduced to [[Singapore]], where a small, self-supporting population exists.
[[Image:Tanimbar_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Bird from an introduced population<br />Photo by Neil<br />Photo taken: Hong Kong, China..]]
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[[Image:Tanimbar_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bird from an introduced population<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], March 2005]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This species is monotypic.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
This species is monotypic.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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Forest and agricultural land.  
 
Forest and agricultural land.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
* '''Breeding''': It nests in tree hollows.
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* '''Diet''': It feeds on maize crops.
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They nest in tree hollows.
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They feed on maize crops.
 
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Revision as of 22:05, 15 October 2017

Alternative names: Goffin's Cockatoo; Tanimbar Cockatoo

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

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.

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 Fifer
Hong Kong, China, March 2005

Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.[1]

Habitat

Forest and agricultural land.

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest in tree hollows.

Diet

They feed on maize crops.

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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