These are the species of cockatoos. With the exception of a couple of sub-species, each of these types of birds is a separate species. They should not be referred to as “breeds” like dogs or cats.
Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii)
Blue-Eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica)
Yellow-Crested Cockatoo or Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
(Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)
Citron-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata)
Indonesian Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea occidentalis)
Abbott’s Yellow-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea abbotti)
(Cacatua sulphurea djampeana)
(Cacatua sulphurea paulandrewi)
Timor Yellow-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea parvula)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Ducorps Corella (Cacatua ducorpsii)
Galah Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Gang-Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
Goffin’s Cockatoo or Tanimbar Corella (Cacatua goffiniana)
Little Corella or Bare-Eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua sanguinea)
Papuan Bare-Eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua sanguinea transfreta)
Long-Billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)
Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
(Probosciger atterimus tenolophus)
(Probosciger atterimus goliath
(Probosciger atterimus macgillivrayi
Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Red-Vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)
Short-Billed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Triton Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita triton)
(Cacatua galerita triton macrolophus)
(Cacatua galerita triton kwalm-kwalm)
(Cacatua galerita triton trobriandi)
(Cacatua galerita triton aruensis)
Eleonora Cockatoo or Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora)
Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
Thank you to Zed Ba’arief of Indonesian Parrot Project, for the sub- and sub-sub- species’ of Indonesian cockatoos.
