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Description

The Goffin's Cockatoo or Tanimbar Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini, is a species of cockatoo native to Indonesia. They weigh, on average, about 350 grams and are about 31 centimeters from head to tail. Goffin's Cockatoos are the smallest of all Cacatuidae. Males and females are identical in appearance. At first sight it appears to be a white cockatoo with some salmon/peachy/pink face feathers, and a pale grey beak.

Like all members of the Cacatuidae, Goffin's Cockatoo is crested, meaning it has a collection of feathers on its head that it can raise or lower. Its body is mainly covered with white feathers, with salmon/peachy/pink colored feathers between the beak and eyes and also on the underside of the crest feathers. The underside of its wing and tail feathers exhibit a yellowish tinge. The eyes range from brown to black. The Goffin's Cockatoo is quite graceful in flight.

Wild populations of this bird are threatened due to habitat loss and illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade.

Trade of goffins cockatoos is restricted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), because they are threatened with extinction in the wild. They are listed in CITES appendix 1, which makes trade in wild caught birds illegal (except in exceptional licensed situations) in CITES member countries. However, trade of goffin's cockatoos bred in captivity is permitted. Each bird bred in captivity is given a CITES certificate to prove that it is not a wild caught bird. The CITES certificate must accompany its sale or resale.