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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo

Lophochroa leadbeateri

Photo by YvetteM
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Field Notes

Description:

I saw this cockatoo in the Pretoria Zoo. It is such a beautiful bird with it's pink feathers.

Habitat:

They are found in Australia in the arid and semi-arid areas of interior to west coast of Western Australia
Their numbers has declined over the interior of Australia due to man-made changes.

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Gorgeous! Although i've never seen one in the wild as they're not in my part of australia i have spottings of his cousins!
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2013

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