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Their sulphur yellow crests can be held folded down or erected on their heads. The feature that gave them their name is the beautiful crest of feathers, colored in yellow, placed at the top of their heads. They can learn to imitate speech, but not as well as some parrots. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are primarily white in terms of color. Just like all cockatoos, they can make very loud noises, need a lot of attention and like to bite in furniture or other things they can find. They are intelligent, learn tricks easily and can get really affectionate. This is a very popular species of cockatoo to be kept as a pet. Read more about this big species from Australia here. The Sulphur-Crested cockatoo is a different species than the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo and even occurs on a different continent. It is very challenging to keep sulphur-crested cockatoo as pets. They are huge, active, noisy, long-lived, and one of the most brilliant cockatoos. So we suggest only experienced owners buy them. They need your more attention than you thought. Provide the bird plenty of space to climb, stretch, and flap its wings. Sulphur-crested cockatoo behavior is moody. 1 Owners of sulphur-crested cockatoos should allow their pets a minimum of 3 to 4 hours of outside-the-cage playtime every day.

All these subspecies occur on islands in Indonesia. The sulphur-crested cockatoo is a highly active and lively bird that requires plenty of exercise to maintain proper health. Other subspecies are Cacatua sulphurea djampeana, Cacatua sulphurea abbotti, Cacatua sulphurea occidentalis and Cacatua sulphurea parvula. This subspecies has an orange-colored crest instead of a yellow one. The most well-know subspecies of the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea) is the Citron-Crested cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata). These subspecies can interbreed, making it hard sometimes to determine the subspecies or genetic mix of a cockatoo at a zoo or shelter. There are six subspecies of the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo.

They live in tropical forests and on the edges of this forest. The Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo occurs in nature on the islands of Indonesia (e.g. Natural habitat and origin A lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (left) next to a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo