| Mathews' cockatoo | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Cacatuidae |
| Genus: | Cacatua |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. g. fitzroyi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cacatua galerita fitzroyi Mathews, 1912 | |
TheMathews' cockatoo ornorthern sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita fitzroyi) is asubspecies of thesulphur-crested cockatoo. Its scientific name relates to the area in which it was first found, theFitzroy River[1] and its common name comes fromGregory Mathews, the Australianornithologist who first identified it as a subspecies in 1912.[2][3]
It is white, with a significantly long yellow crest.[1] This subspecies differs from thegreater sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) in that they have a pale blue eye ring instead of white, the yellow feathers are slightly darker, and the crest feathers are longer.[4]
It is distributed between the Fitzroy River and theGulf of Carpentaria of North Australia.[1][5] It is also common toMelville Island and some of the larger islands off the northern coast of Australia. During the 1930s the birds were released inPerth region, where there is now a considerable population.[6]
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