Birds / Parrots / Cockatoos
Cockatoo
Depends on speciesBird groupReference only · not a listing
01Bird identity
- Common name
- Cockatoo
- Arabic name
- كوكاتو
- Scientific name
- Multiple species
- Category
- Cockatoos
- Reference type
- Bird group
- Other names
- None
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02CITES and the government record
Depends on species
Which species exactly? The exact species decides.
- Listed under
- Cacatuidae
- Why
- Cacatuidae are Appendix II except the Cockatiel (not listed) and the Appendix I species: Palm Cockatoo, Moluccan C. moluccensis, Yellow-crested C. sulphurea, Red-vented C. haematuropygia and Goffin's C. goffiniana. Every cockatoo except the Cockatiel needs MOCCAE registration. CITES lists the whole order Psittaciformes in Appendix II except Agapornis roseicollis, Melopsittacus undulatus, Nymphicus hollandicus and Psittacula krameri (Species+ annotation).
Checked on Species+ on 6 October 2026 · Species+ record