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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1365807d-927b-4219-97bf-7e619afa5f72

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Lophochroa leadbeateri
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

NSWVulnerable
QLDVulnerable
VICVulnerable
VICListed under FFG Act
SARare
IUCNLeast Concern

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Description

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo is an attractive white and pink cockatoo with a crest. The crest appears white when down, but shows bright red and yellow bands when raised. The male has a dark brown eye, the female has a reddish eye. Females have broader yellow bands in crest. source: OZ Animals

An unmistakable cockatoo of the dry inland, the Pink Cockatoo is the only Australian cockatoo that is salmon-pink below and white above. It is smaller than the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C. galerita , but slightly larger than a Galah C. roseicapilla . Its most prominent feature is its large white-tipped crest that is banded in red and gold. ... source: Office of Environment and Heritage

Online resources

Species Lists

Australian iconic species
Birds of Western Australia
Common name: Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
Family: Cacatuidae
state listed spp (non EPBC)
state listed spp (non EPBC)

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Lophochroa leadbeateri

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Cacatua (Lophochroa) leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)
Cacatua (Lophochroa) leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)
Published in: Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 37.2 pp. xiii 440

Common Names

Common name Source
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
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Pink Cockatoo
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Leadbeater's Cockatoo
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Major Mitchell Cockatoo
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
AVES
order
PSITTACIFORMES
family
CACATUIDAE
subfamily
Cacatuinae
tribe
Cacatuini
genus
Lophochroa
species
Lophochroa leadbeateri  Recorded in Australia
subspecies
Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri  Recorded in Australia
subspecies
Lophochroa leadbeateri mollis  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

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