Pink Cockatoo
Cacatua leadbeateri
The Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), previously known as Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo or Leadbeater’s Cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semiarid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north-east.
This cockatoo is often mistaken for the Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla).
The Pink Cockatoo is a medium-sized cockatoo in which females and males are almost identical. The males are usually bigger, and the females usually have a broader yellow stripe on the crest and develop a red eye when mature.
These birds have soft, textured white and pale pink plumage and, when fully raised, a large white crest with a bright red and yellow band through the middle making it one of the most beautiful cockatoo species. They feed on seeds, fruits, nuts and tubers from a wide variety of plants.
Adult pairs mate for life and occupy permanent breeding territories.
They nest in large hollows in trees. The eggs (clutch size is 3-4 eggs) are laid on a bed of decayed wood, woodchips and bark.
