What is Sulphur-crested cockatoo?
{{Taxobox | name = Sulphur-crested cockatoo | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Cacatua galerita Tas 2.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''C. galerita'' in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Psittaciformes]] | familia = [[Cacatuidae]] | subfamilia = [[Cacatuinae]] | genus = ''[[Cacatua]]'' | binomial = ''Cacatua galerita'' | range_map = Bird range sulphur-crested cockatoo.png | range_map_width = 240px | range_map_caption = Australian sulphur-crested cockatoo range (in red)}} '''Sulphur-crested cockatoos''' ([[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] '''''Cacatua galerita''''') are large white [[parrot]]s with yellow [[head]]s and [[tail]]s. There are four [[subspecies]] of the bird. They live in [[Australia]]n [[forest]]s. [[Farmer]]s do not like sulphur-crested cockatoos because the cockatoos eat [[vegetable]]s that the farmers have grown. They are a protected species, but sometimes get shot. Many people like sulphur-crested cockatoos and keep them as [[pet]]s. They are very loud and have a natural desire to chew wood and other materials. They are very long-lived. In captivity they can live to 70 years. One cockatoo called Fred was still alive at 100 years of age in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-02/wildlife-park-throws-a-100th-birthday-party-for-an-old-cockatoo/5860770 | title=Queen sends letter to 100-year-old cockatoo | newspaper=ABC News | date=2 November 2014 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds of Australia]] [[Category:Cockatoos]]