Goffin's Cockatoo or Tanimbar Cockatoo
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One of the smaller cockatoo species. Less demanding
and less noisy than most of the other cockatoo species,
and a lot of personality. I have a special affinity for this species.
The Goffin's Cockatoo or Tanimbar Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini, is a species of cockatoo native to Indonesia. They weigh, on average, about 350 grams and are about 31 centimeters from head to tail. Goffin's Cockatoos are the smallest of all Cacatuidae. Males and females are identical in appearance. At first sight it appears to be a white cockatoo with some salmon/peachy/pink face feathers, and a pale grey beak.
Like all members of the Cacatuidae, Goffin's Cockatoo is crested, meaning it has a collection of feathers on its head that it can raise or lower. Its body is mainly covered with white feathers, with salmon/peachy/pink colored feathers between the beak and eyes and also on the underside of the crest feathers. The underside of its wing and tail feathers exhibit a yellowish tinge. The eyes range from brown to black. The Goffin's Cockatoo is quite graceful in flight.
Wild populations of this bird are threatened due to habitat loss and illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
Genus: English: White
Black-billed Cockatoos ... Dutch: Wit & Zwartsnavelkakatoes
... German: Eigentliche Kakadus ... French: Cacatoès 
Species: Scientific:
Cacatua goffini aka Lophochroa ... English: Goffin's Cockatoos
... Dutch: Goffins Kakatoe ... German: Goffin Kakadu ...
French: Cacatoès de Goffin CITES I - Protected Species Distribution: Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
Related Web Resources: Lexicon of Parrots ... Aves International ... Reggae, the Goffin's Cockatoos
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