Family CACATUIDÆ.
Bill very strong; edge of upper mandible strongly sinuate; lower mandible with the lower face wide and slightly rounded; a large unfeathered space about the eye; head crested; tail moderate and square; plumage nearly all white in the single Philippine species.
Subfamily CACATUINÆ.
Genus CACATUA Vieillot, 1817.
Characters same as those given for the Family.
234. CACATUA HÆMATUROPYGIA (P. L. S. Müller).
PHILIPPINE COCKATOO.
- Psittacus hæmaturopygius P. L. S. Müller, Natursyst. Suppl. (1776), 77.
- Cacatua hæmaturopygia Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 130; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 11; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 48.
Ca-ta-la, Manila; a-bú-cay, Ticao and Bohol; ca-lang′-ai, Lubang.
Balabac (Steere, Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Doherty, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Lapac (Guillemard); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Keay, Whitehead); Nipa (Everett); Palawan (Steere, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panaon (Everett); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Burbidge); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Everett, Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).