The white-colored bird has a beautiful salmon or flamingo-colored crest. The crest in these birds is retractable (like many other cockatoos), which they choose to display when threatened or excited. These noisy cockatoos (the loudest calls among parrot communities) believe in screaming and shouting rather than talking. Like many other of their relatives, they nest in tree hollows. The clutch size ranges from 1 to 3 eggs incubated by both parents. They are relatively social but don’t like big crowds. It is likely to spot about 16 birds roosting together during the non-breeding season. Moreover, the leading health concern with salmon-crested cockatoos is their low-protein diet which makes them anemic.

Distribution

Country

Population est.

Status

Year

Comments

Indonesia

100,000

Official estimate

VU

2016

Breeding