Cacatua

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Cacatua is a genus of cockatoos known as great cockatoos found from the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands to Australia. Most birds in the genus exhibit very little sexual dimorphism. They have a comparatively large size, primarily white plumage (in some species tinged pinkish or yellow), an expressive crest, and a black (subgenus Cacatua) or pale (subgenus Licmetis) bill. Today, several species from this genus are considered threatened due to a combination of habitat loss and capture for the wild-bird trade, with the blue-eyed cockatoo considered vulnerable, Moluccan cockatoo, and umbrella cockatoo considered endangered, and the red-vented cockatoo, yellow-crested cockatoo and citron-crested cockatoo considered critically endangered.

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