Cockatoos
Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Cacatuidae
The cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest. There are 21 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Papua New Guinea. Promeropidae
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea