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Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri

Described by: Vigors (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Mitchell's Cockatoo, Leadbeater's Cockatoo
Old scientific name(s): Kakatoe leadbeateri

Photographs

Hattah Lakes National Park, Victoria, Australia - 1970 © Hans&Judy Beste  Hattah Lakes National Park, Victoria, Australia - 1970 © Hans&Judy Beste  Mildura, Victoria, Australia - 1970 © Hans&Judy Beste  Brookfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Oct, 2004 © Barrie Jamieson 
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Range

Western Australia e. to the interior se.;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) C. Western Australia. Se. Western Australia to sc. South Australia. C. and sc. Norhtern Territory (New Haven on the e. edge of the Great Sandy Desert and Erldunda) and nc. South Australia.
(2) Interior of se. Australia (sc. Queensland (Eulo Bore and Cunnamulla area), nc. to sw. New South Wales (Round Hill Nature Reserve), nw. Victoria (Hattah-Kulkyne National Park and Wyperfield National Park, Mildura) and ex. ec. South Australia).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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