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White cockatoo (Cacatua alba) #206030252
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White Cockatoo is endemic to lowland tropical rainforest on the islands of Halmahera Bacan Ternate Tidore Kasiruta and Mandioli (Bacan group) in North Maluku Indonesia. This picture is taken in Halmahera island Indonesia. The white cockatoo is considered Endangered by the IUCN. Its numbers in the wild have declined owing to capture for the cage bird trade and habitat loss. It is listed in appendix II of the CITES list which gives it protection by restricting export and import of wild-caught birds.