Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
In Australia and New Guinea and
some of the islands of Indonesia
...raucous in large flocks.
Cacatua galerita
(L 17-22")
Pinnacle Road
23Oct2015
Are sometimes poisoned or are
shot because of damage to crops.
Are protected by Australian
Commonwealth Law.
Now the autumn maize is growing,
Now the corn-cob fills,
Where the Little River flowing
Winds among the hills.
Over mountain peaks outlying
Clear against the blue
Comes a scout in silence flying,
One white cockatoo.
(Andrew Barton Paterson)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
Cacatua is Malay for cockatoo;
galerita is Latin for hooded,
capped.
© eBird