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The Eleonora Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora, also known as Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, is similar in appearance to, but smaller than, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, is one of the larger and more widespread of Australia's cockatoos. Frequently sought as a cage bird in and out of Australia, they can be so numerous that in crop-growing areas of Australia they are shot or poisoned as pests....
. It is found in the Aru Islands
Aru Islands

The Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku Provinces of Indonesia of eastern Indonesia.Geography...
 and Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
 and is common in aviculture
Aviculture

File:Budgerigars and Cockatiel.jpgAviculture is the practice of keeping and often breeding birds and the culture that forms around it. Aviculture is generally focused not just on the raising and breeding of birds, but also on preserving avian habitat, and public awareness campaigns....
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It is the smallest of the four subspecies of Cacatua galerita, at approx. 44 cm long and weighing in at between 404–602 grammes. Apart from the size difference, the Eleonora differs from the Greater Sulphur Crested in that it doesn't have as prominent white eyerings, the crest of an Eleonora is often less curved and it doesn't have the certain pointy upper mandible, which is only found in Cacatua galerita galerita.

In the wild, the Eleonora Cockatoo is found in open woodlands, forests, and semi-arid forested areas, as well as partially cleared forest areas.






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The Eleonora Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora, also known as Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, is similar in appearance to, but smaller than, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, is one of the larger and more widespread of Australia's cockatoos. Frequently sought as a cage bird in and out of Australia, they can be so numerous that in crop-growing areas of Australia they are shot or poisoned as pests....
. It is found in the Aru Islands
Aru Islands

The Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku Provinces of Indonesia of eastern Indonesia.Geography...
 and Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
 and is common in aviculture
Aviculture

File:Budgerigars and Cockatiel.jpgAviculture is the practice of keeping and often breeding birds and the culture that forms around it. Aviculture is generally focused not just on the raising and breeding of birds, but also on preserving avian habitat, and public awareness campaigns....
.

It is the smallest of the four subspecies of Cacatua galerita, at approx. 44 cm long and weighing in at between 404–602 grammes. Apart from the size difference, the Eleonora differs from the Greater Sulphur Crested in that it doesn't have as prominent white eyerings, the crest of an Eleonora is often less curved and it doesn't have the certain pointy upper mandible, which is only found in Cacatua galerita galerita.

In the wild, the Eleonora Cockatoo is found in open woodlands, forests, and semi-arid forested areas, as well as partially cleared forest areas. It feeds on nuts, berries, flower buds, flowers, seeds and insects.

One notable Eleonora Cockatoo is Snowball
Snowball (Cockatoo)

Snowball is a male Eleonora Cockatoo, noted as being the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction ? perceiving music and synchronizing his body movements to the beat ....
, a bird recently demonstrated to be capable of beat induction
Beat induction

Beat induction is the process in which a regular isochronous pulse is activated while one listens to music . Interestingly, the cognitive mechanism that allows us to infer a beat from a sound pattern, and to synchronize or dance to it, might be uniquely human....
 - in other words, that the bird is capable of perceiving a musical beat and dancing to it. This trait is common among all cockatoos, not just something found in some species or individuals.

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