Cacatuinae

Cacatuinae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Cacatuinae
Tribes

Microglossini
Cacatuini

The subfamily Cacatuinae consists of two tribes, the Microglossini with one species (palm cockatoo) and the Cacatuini with four genera:

TribeImageGenusLiving Species
Microglossini Probosciger Kuhl, 1820
  • palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
Cacatuini Callocephalon Lesson, 1838
Eolophus Bonaparte, 1854
  • Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Cacatua Vieillot, 1817
  • Subgenus Cacatua - true white cockatoos
    • Yellow-crested (or lesser sulphur-crested) cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) sulphurea
    • Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) galerita
    • Blue-eyed cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) ophthalmica
    • White (or umbrella) cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) alba
    • Salmon-crested (or Moluccan) cockatoo, Cacatua (Cacatua) moluccensis
  • Subgenus Licmetis - corellas
    • Long-billed corella, Cacatua (Licmetis) tenuirostris
    • Western corella, Cacatua (Licmetis) pastinator
    • Little corella, Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea
    • Tanimbar corella (or Goffin's cockatoo), Cacatua (Licmetis) goffiniana
    • Solomons cockatoo (or Ducorps's cockatoo), Cacatua (Licmetis) ducorpsii
    • Red-vented (or Philippine) cockatoo, Cacatua (Licmetis) haematuropygia
  • Subgenus Lophochroa - pink cockatoos
    • Pink (or Major Mitchell's/Leadbeater's) cockatoo, Cacatua (Lophochroa) leadbeateri
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