The Taxonomy of Cockatoos
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Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Microglossinae
- Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus
Subfamily: Calyptorhynchinae
- Glossy Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus lathami
- Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus baudinii
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus latirostris
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus funereus
Subfamily: Cacatuinae
- Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica
- Ducorp's Cockatoo, Cacatua ducorps
- Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum
- Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla
- Goffin's Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini
- Bare-eyed Cockatoo or Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea
- Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris
- Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri
- Moluccan Cockatoo or Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis
- Red-vented Cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
- Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua alba
- Western Corella, Cacatua pastinator
Subfamily: Nymphicinae
- Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus
Family: Psittacidae (parrots, over 330 species)
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