Red-vented Cockatoo
Photo: PCSD (Palawan Council for Sustainable Development) · Public domain

Cockatoos

Red-vented Cockatoo

Cacatua haematuropygia

CRCritically Endangered Endemic to Philippines
Family
Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Order
Psittaciformes

Overview

The red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), also known as the Philippine cockatoo and locally katala, abukay, agay, or kalangay, is a species of cockatoo. It is endemic to the Philippines, formerly found throughout the entire country, but due to the illegal wildlife trade, it is now locally extinct in most of its range with the only sizeable population remaining in Palawan and Sulu Archipelago. Remnant populations occur in the Polillo Islands, Bohol, and Samar. It is roughly the size and shape of the Tanimbar corella, but is easily distinguished by the red feathers around the vent.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Forest and scrub of Philippines including Palawan.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.