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Pink cockatoo

Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)

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The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) is a species in the family Cacatuidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 392 g to 424 g and live up to 63.6 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)
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Quick facts about the pink cockatoo

Weight
392 g – 424 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
63.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the pink cockatoo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The pink cockatoo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the pink cockatoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), previously known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semiarid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north-east.

From the Wikipedia article “Pink cockatoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pink_cockatoo&oldid=1378802965), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the pink cockatoo endangered?

The pink cockatoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the pink cockatoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyCacatuidae
  6. genusCacatua
  7. SpeciesCacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)

Synonyms Kakatoe leadbeateri, Lophochroa leadbeateri, Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri, Plyctolophus leadbeateri

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Flame-crested cockatooEnglish
  • Leadbeater's cockatooEnglish
  • Leadbeaters cockatooEnglish
  • Major Mitchell's cockatooEnglish
  • كوكاتو زهريArabic
  • كوكاتو الرائد ميتشيلArabic
  • Kaketou rozBreton
  • cacatua de LeadbeaterCatalan
  • cocatŵ pincWelsh
  • Inka-KakaduGerman
  • inkaa kakatuoEsperanto
  • Cacatúa IncaSpanish
  • Cacatúa abanderadaSpanish
  • Cacatúa Abanderada OrientalSpanish
  • cacatúa de la bandera españolaSpanish
  • Cacatúa de LeadbeaterSpanish
  • cacatúa españolaSpanish
  • kroonkakaduuEstonian
  • arokakaduFinnish
  • Cacatoès de LeadbeaterFrench
  • pustinjski kakaduCroatian
  • Cacatua rosaItalian
  • Cacatua del maggiore MitchellItalian
  • Cacatua di LeadbeaterItalian
  • クルマサカオウムJapanese
  • InkaLithuanian
  • didysis kakaduLithuanian
  • IncakaketoeDutch
  • Inka-kaketoeDutch
  • fagerkakaduNorwegian
  • kakadu ognistoczubaPolish
  • cacatua-rosaPortuguese
  • cacatua-abandeiradaPortuguese
  • catatua-abandeiradaPortuguese
  • catatua-embandeiradaPortuguese
  • catatua-rosadaPortuguese
  • Какаду инкаRussian
  • Какаду-инкаRussian
  • kakadu inkaSlovak
  • Inka kakaduSerbian
  • inkakakaduaSwedish
  • Skär kakaduaSwedish
  • นกกระตั้วสีชมพูThai
  • Pembe KakaduTurkish
  • какаду-інкаUkrainian
  • 彩冠凤头鹦鹉Chinese
  • 米切氏凤头鹦鹉Chinese
  • 米契氏粉紅鳳頭鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pink cockatoo

Other species in the same genus Cacatua.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pink cockatoo?

An adult pink cockatoo weighs 392 g – 424 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pink cockatoo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pink cockatoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the pink cockatoo endangered?

The pink cockatoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the pink cockatoo live?

The pink cockatoo has a recorded lifespan of 63.6 years.

What kind of animal is the pink cockatoo?

The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) belongs to the family Cacatuidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pink-cockatoo

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BibTeX
@misc{pink_cockatoo_2026,
  title = {Pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pink-cockatoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}