Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | status = Conservation status: Critical | image = Yellow-crested Cockatoo.jpg | image_width = 230px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Psittaciformes | familia = Cacatuidae | genus = Cacatua | species = C. sulphurea | binomial = Cacatua sulphurea | binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1788) }}
The Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, or Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea, is endemic to Indonesia and East Timor. It has all-white feathers, but for long, forward-curling yellow crest. It has a loud and very raucous voice.
Status
This bird is critically endangered. Numbers have declined dramatically due to illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade. The current population is estimated at less than 10,000.