Thepink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) is a medium-sizedcockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north east. The bird has a soft-textured white and salmon-pink plumage and large, bright red and yellowcrest. The sexes are quite similar although males are usually bigger, while the female has a broader yellow stripe on the crest and develops a red eye when mature. The pink cockatoo is usually found in pairs or small groups, and feeds both on the ground and in trees. Formerly known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo, after the explorerMajor Thomas Mitchell, the species was officially renamed topink cockatoo byBirdLife Australia in 2023, due to Mitchell's involvement in themassacre of Aboriginal people at Mount Dispersion and a general trend to make Australian species names more culturally inclusive. The bird is listed as endangered by the Australian government. This pink cockatoo in flight was photographed nearMount Grenfell in New South Wales, Australia.Photograph credit:JJ Harrison