Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

SCI Name:  Cacatua galerita
Protonym:  Psittacus galeritus IndexOrn. 1 p.109
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae / Cacatua
Taxonomy Code:  succoc
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CACATUA
(Cacatuidae; Ϯ White-crested Cockatoo C. alba) Malay names Kakatúa or Kakak-túa for the cockatoos. The origin of the Malay name is unclear; kakatuwah  vice, alludes to the powerful bill; "older sister" from kakak  sister + tua old, for its noisy sororal behaviour; “KAKATOÈS, Cacatua, Briss.; Psittacus, Lath.  ...  Les noms kakatoès, cacatou, cacacoua, sont dérivés du cri des espèces à plumage blanc, les seules qui fussent connues de Brisson et de Buffon; elles habitent principalement les îles de l'Océan indien, telles que les Moluques, les Philippines, celles de la Sonde et de la mer Pacifique.   ...   Le KAKATOËS BANKSIEN, Cacatua banksii, Vieill.; Psittacus banksii, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A BEC COULEUR DE CHAIR, Cacatua Philippinarum, Vieill.; Psittacus Philippinarum, Lath., Buff.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE BLANCHE, Cacatua cristata, Vieill.; Psittacus cristatus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE JAUNE, Cacatua sulphurea, Vieill.; Psittacus sulphureus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE ROUGE, Cacatua rosacea, Vieill.; Psittacus rosaceus, Lath.; Psittacus moluccensis, Gmel.   ...   Le KAKATOËS JING-WOS, Cacatua galerita, Vieill.; Psittacus galeritus, Lath.  ...  se trouve aussi à la Chine, où elle porte le nom de Jing-wos (oiseau qui parle)   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROSE, Cacatua roseicapilla, Vieill.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROUGE, Cacatua galeata, Vieill.; Psittacus galeatus, Lath.” (Vieillot 1817); "Cacatua Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xvii. p. 6, Dec. 27th, 1817: new name for Plyctolophus Vieillot." (Mathews 1927, 312); "CACATUA Vieillot, 1817  F — Cacatua cristata, 1817; type by subsequent designation (Salvadori, 1891, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 20, pp. 115, 124). = Psittacus albus Statius Müller, 1776." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 354).
Synon. Cacatoes, Cacatus, Camptolophus, Ducorpsius, Eucacatua, Kakatoe, Licmetis, Lophochroa, Plissolophus, Plyctolophus.

galerita
L. galeritus  hooded, crested  < galerum  bonnet, cap  < galea  helmet.

GALERIDA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Crested Lark G. cristata) L. galerita, galeritus, galerius or avis galerita  lark with a crest, either the Crested Lark or the Eurasian Skylark  < galerum  cap, bonnet  < galea  helmet; "Fam. Alaudidae.   Gattung Galerida ⁴    Hieher aus Europa:  1. Alauda cristata Lin.   2. — undata Gm.    Africa:  3. cinerea Gm.   4. isabellina Tem. col. 244. fig. 2.   ...   ⁴ Plin." (Boie 1828); "Galerida Boie, 1828, Isis von Oken, col. 321. Type, by subsequent designation, Alauda cristata Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List. Gen. Birds, p. 47)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 55).   
Var. Galerita, Golerida.   
Synon. Calendula, Corydus, Erana, Heliocorys, Heterops, Ptilocorys, Spizalauda.

SUBSPECIES

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (triton)
SCI Name: Cacatua galerita triton
triton
Triton Bay, New Guinea (cf. Gr. myth. Triton, a sea god, son of Neptune and the nymph Salacia).

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (eleonora)
SCI Name: Cacatua galerita eleonora
eleonora
Maria Eleonora Westerman née van der Schroeff (1812-1892) wife of Dutch zoologist and publisher Dr Gerardus Frederik Westerman (subsp. Cacatua galerita).

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (fitzroyi)
SCI Name: Cacatua galerita fitzroyi
fitzroyi / fitzroyii
● Fitzroy River, northern Western Australia (subsp. Cacatua galerita, syn. Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus, syn. Neochmia phaeton, syn. Rostratula australis, syn. Threskiornis spinicollis, syn. Zapornia pusilla palustris).  
● Vice-Adm. Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) Royal Navy, meteorologist, commanded HMS Beagle 1828-1836, Gov. of New Zealand 1843-1845 (syn. Patagioenas araucana).

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (galerita)
SCI Name: Cacatua galerita galerita
galerita
L. galeritus  hooded, crested  < galerum  bonnet, cap  < galea  helmet.