Definition of Cacatua galerita

1. Noun. White cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest.

Exact synonyms: Kakatoe Galerita, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Generic synonyms: Cockatoo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacatua Galerita

Cabomba
Cabomba caroliniana
Cabombaceae
Cabot
Cabot's ring bodies
Cabot-Locke murmur
Cabriole leg
Cabriole legs
Cacajao
Cacalia
Cacalia javanica
Cacalia lutea
Cacatua
Cacatua galerita
Cachi
Cacicus
Cactaceae
Cactus League
Caddies
Caddo
Caddoan
Caddoan language
Caddos
Caddy
Cade
Caden
Cadence
Cadillac

Literary usage of Cacatua galerita

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Rose-breasted C.— Cacatua roseicapilla, Vieill. [See Galah. Gould calls it Coca- tua eos.} White C.— cacatua galerita, Lath. ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... (Ground-Parakeets), being mainly so, while Cockatoos and many other forms habitually frequent high trees, though cacatua galerita, ..."

3. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"In the 'Birds of Australia' Gould has figured cacatua galerita, Lath., Leadbeateri, Wagl., and sanguinea, Gould, ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"Warren, E. A Case of Hybridism among Cockatoos. (Annals Natal Mus. Ill, pp. 7-28, pi. Ill, September, 1914.) — A male cacatua galerita mated with a female ..."

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