Species profile—Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri (Major Mitchell's cockatoo)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Cacatuidae (cockatoos and corellas) → Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri (Major Mitchell's cockatoo)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Cacatuidae (cockatoos and corellas)
- Scientific name
- Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)
- Common name
- Major Mitchell's cockatoo
- Type reference
- Vigors, N.A. (1831). In Proceedings of meeting of Committee Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, April 26, 1831. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1192
- Synonym(s)
- Cacatua leadbeateri
Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri - Alternate name(s)
- pink cockatoo
Major Mitchell
Mitchell cockatoo
Leadbeater's cockatoo - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1192.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
