Yellow-crested cockatoo

Cacatua sulphurea

The Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) is a bird found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Dry forests on islands in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. It eats fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Cacatua sulphurea
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia and Timor-Leste

🏡 Where the Yellow-crested cockatoo lives

Dry forests on islands in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit50%
🌰 Seeds & nuts50%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It lifts a yellow crest when it is excited. Trapping for pets has made it rare.

Questions about the Yellow-crested cockatoo

Where does the Yellow-crested cockatoo live?

The Yellow-crested cockatoo lives in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Dry forests on islands in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

What does the Yellow-crested cockatoo eat?

fruit (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-crested cockatoo endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from Asia

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