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title: "Kakadu żółtoczuba"
description: "Cacatua galerita — Ptaki. The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sulphur-crested-cockatoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Kakadu żółtoczuba

> Cacatua galerita — Ptaki. The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Cacatua galerita*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 32554
- Wikidata: [Q207107](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207107)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116834](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116834)

## Names

- en: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- de: Gelbhaubenkakadu
- es: Cacatúa australiana
- fr: Cacatoès à huppe jaune
- nl: Grote geelkuifkaketoe
- pt: Cacatua-de-crista-amarela
- pl: Kakadu żółtoczuba

## Countries with the most observations

AU (30511), ID (189), NZ (166), PG (49), SG (22), TW (17), PW (12), MO (10)

## Summary

The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. As highly intelligent birds, they are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur-crested_cockatoo

## Photo

![Kakadu żółtoczuba](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sulphur-crested-cockatoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165108397

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sulphur-crested-cockatoo?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).