Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Goffin's Cockatoo, Tanimbar Cockatoo, Tanimbar Corella
Common Names in Spanish:
Cacat?a de Goffin
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,079 meters (0 to 10,102 feet).[1]
Ecology:
It inhabits forest
and agricultural land
, feeding on maize crops
and roosting in the forest.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Family:
Cacatuidae
()
- Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Cacatua
()
- Vieillot, 1817
- Specific name:
goffiniana
- (Finsch, 1863)
- Scientific name: - Cacatua goffiniana (Finsch, 1863)
- Specific name:
goffiniana
- (Finsch, 1863)
- Genus:
Cacatua
(
- Family:
Cacatuidae
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cacatua
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. alba (Umbrella Cockatoo) · C. ducorps (Ducorps's Cockatoo) · C. ducorpsii (Broad-Crested Corella) · C. galerita (Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo) · C. galerita eleonora (Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo) · C. galerita galerita (Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo) · C. goffini (Tanimbar Cockatoo) · C. goffiniana (Goffin's Cockatoo) · C. haematuropygia (Red-Vented Cockatoo) · C. leadbeateri (Leadbeater's Cockatoo) · C. moluccensis (Salmon-Crested Cockatoo) · C. ophthalmica (Blue-Eyed Cockatoo) · C. pastinator (Eastern Long-Billed Corella) · C. pastinator pastinator (Eastern Long-Billed Corella) · C. roseicapilla (Galah) · C. sanguinea (Little Corella) · C. sulphurea (Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo) · C. sulphurea sulphurea (Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo) · C. tenuirostris (Long-Billed Corella) · C. tenuirostris tenuirostris (Long-Billed Corella)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2008. Cacatua goffiniana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5448528
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714024
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14375155
- IUCN ID: 196740
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018654
Footnotes
- Mean = 293.110 meters (961.647 feet), Standard Deviation = 348.560 based on 4,959 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2008. Cacatua goffiniana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
