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Tanimbar Corella
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- catatua-das-tanimbar
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
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- Cacatua goffiniana
- taxon name
- Cacatua goffiniana
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- Cacatua goffiniana
- egg incubation period
- 28
- litter size
- 2
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- C. goffiniana
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tanimbar corella (Cacatua goffiniana), also known as Goffin's cockatoo or Tanimbar cockatoo, is a species of cockatoo endemic to forests of Yamdena, Larat, and Selaru, all islands in the Tanimbar Islands archipelago in Indonesia. It has been introduced to the Kai Islands, Indonesia; Puerto Rico; and Singapore. This species was only formally described in 2004, after it was discovered that the previous formal descriptions pertained to individuals of a different cockatoo species, Ducorps' or Solomons cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii). Tanimbar corellas are the smallest of the white cockatoos. It is classified as near threatened due to deforestation and cage-bird trade. It breeds well in captivity and a large avicultural population exists.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tanimbar Corella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.