The Leadbeater Cockatoo. (Cacatua Leadbe…

Scarce hand coloured engraving of the Major Mitchell Cockatoo named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, who wrote:

“Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region.”

Other common names:  Leadbeater’s Cockatoo
Aboriginal names: Gagalarrin in Yuwaalaraay, Gagalarrin in Yuwaalayaay
Modern binomial name: Lophochroa leadbeateri
First described: Vigors, 1831
Distribution: Australia wide (mainland)