Cacatua
Translingual
Etymology
From Malay kakaktua. Coined by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817.
Proper noun
Cacatua f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cacatuidae – certain cockatoos.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes – order; Cacatuoidea – superfamily; Cacatuidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cacatua alba – type species; Cacatua ducorpsii, Cacatua galerita, Cacatua goffiniana, Cacatua haematuropygia, Cacatua leadbeateri, Cacatua moluccensis, Cacatua ophthalmica, Cacatua pastinator, Cacatua sanguinea, Cacatua sulphurea, Cacatua tenuirostris - other species
References
- Cacatua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cacatua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cacatua on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN