Salmon-crested Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Ian Rowley, Guy M. Kirwan, and Kelley C. Boland
Version: 1.1 — Published March 21, 2025
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Molukkenkaketoe |
| Bulgarian | Молукско какаду |
| Catalan | cacatua de les Moluques |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 橙冠鳳頭鸚鵡 |
| Croatian | molučki kakadu |
| Czech | kakadu molucký |
| Dutch | Molukse kaketoe |
| English | Salmon-crested Cockatoo |
| English (United States) | Salmon-crested Cockatoo |
| Estonian | serami kakaduu |
| Finnish | molukkienkakadu |
| French | Cacatoès à huppe rouge |
| French (Canada) | Cacatoès à huppe rouge |
| German | Molukkenkakadu |
| Indonesian | Kakatua maluku |
| Japanese | オオバタン |
| Norwegian | molukkakadu |
| Polish | kakadu molucka |
| Russian | Молуккский какаду |
| Serbian | Molučki kakadu |
| Slovak | kakadu červenochochlatý |
| Spanish | Cacatúa Moluqueña |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Cacatúa Moluqueña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cacatúa moluqueña |
| Swedish | moluckkakadua |
| Turkish | Maluku Kakadusu |
| Ukrainian | Какаду молуцький |
Revision Notes
Kelley C. Boland updated the Introduction, Population Status, Conservation Status, Effects of Human Activity, and Management sections.
Cacatua moluccensis (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus moluccensis
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.331.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Moluccas.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CACATUA
- molucca / moluccana / moluccanus / moluccarum / moluccensis / moluccus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Salmon-crested Cockatoo
