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The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a bird found in Australia. Forests, farms and city parks in Australia and New Guinea. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo lives

Forests, farms and city parks in Australia and New Guinea.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1173884. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Where does the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo live?

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo lives in Australia. Forests, farms and city parks in Australia and New Guinea.

What does the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo eat?

fruit (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 40%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Variegated fairywren
• Yellow-throated miner
• Kakapo
• Tooth-billed pigeon
• Kea
• Takahe

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.