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title: "Cacatua-rosa"
description: "Cacatua leadbeateri — Aves. The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pink-cockatoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cacatua-rosa

> Cacatua leadbeateri — Aves. The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also 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.

- Scientific name: *Cacatua leadbeateri*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1265
- Wikidata: [Q644135](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644135)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116835](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116835)

## Names

- en: Pink Cockatoo
- de: Inkakakadu
- es: Cacatúa de la bandera española
- fr: Cacatoès de Leadbeater
- nl: Inka-kaketoe
- pt: Cacatua-rosa
- pl: Kakadu ognistoczuba

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1039)

## Summary

The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also 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.

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

## Photo

![Cacatua-rosa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pink-cockatoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194098403

## Machine access

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