Umbrella cockatoo  (Cacatua alba)

Umbrella cockatoo in flight

Facts

Also known as:white cockatoo
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Psittaciformes
Family Psittacidae
Genus Cacatua (1)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Description

Information on the umbrella cockatoo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (April, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org