The Salmon-crested Cockatoo is the largest of the white cockatoos. It has beautiful white-pink features and a large retractable crest which reveals bright red-orange plumes when excited or to frighten potential attackers.
These birds are also known as Moluccan Cockatoos, and they are endemic to South Moluccas, an island of Indonesia. There they live in lowland forests. Moluccan Cockatoos are an endangered species. Numbers have declined due to illegal trapping and habitat loss.
From IUCN Red List: The Salmon-crested Cockatoo is listed as Vulnerable
on the IUCN Red List and was last assessed in 2013 by BirdLife International. This cockatoo qualifies as Vulnerable because, like its congeners, it is a very popular cagebird and has suffered a rapid population decline as a result of trapping for trade, combined with deforestation in its small range. Moreover, this decline is projected to continue and perhaps accelerate. Should the species be found to be declining at a more rapid rate, it will warrant uplisting to a higher category of threat.
We've added another beautiful parrot to our family of Birdorables: the Moluccan Cockatoo. Endemic to the South Moluccas island in Indonesia, this bird is the largest of the white cockatoos. Check out ... more
