beautiful yellow crested cockatoo

in animal •  7 years ago 

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cockatoo-small jambul-yellow or in scientific name cacatua sulphurea is bird medium-sized, with a long around 35 centimeters, from the clan cacatua. this bird almost all the fur White. in his head there jambul yellow that can be enforced. cockatoo-small jambul-yellow beaked black skin around his eyes bluish and legs Gray. feathers fly and tail also yellow. bird female similar to the bird male.

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The yellow-crested cockatoo distribution area is the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Bali and Timor, where there are still primary and secondary forests. Intelligent and avid poultry feed consists of whole grains, nuts, and various fruits. The female hatches between two and three eggs in a hive in the tree hole.

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Based on the disappearance of forest habitat and ongoing wild catch for trade, as well as the areas and populations where these birds are found to be very limited, the yellow-crested cockatoos are evaluated as critical within the IUCN Red List. This species is listed in CITES Appendix I.

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;-) never mess with a cockatoo