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 VU    Blue-eyed Cockatoo* Id (Atlas):
    Cacatua ophthalmica

Description (10)
Image of Blue-eyed Cockatoo
 

Family
Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)

Size
50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1864

Habitat
Tropical lowland rainforest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Papua New Guinea (B) (NB).

New Britain and New Ireland.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion of lowland forest to oil plantations causing a significant loss of breeding habitat is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) [XC409627]
     by Frank Lambert from Pokili Reserve, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) [XC24660]
     by id from New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) and Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica) - 10 files


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