sulphur-crested cockatoo

noun

1. a large Australian white parrot, Kakatoe galerita , with a yellow erectile crest Also calledwhite cockatoo

Example Sentences

In 2009, Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, stunned scientists and YouTube viewers alike when a video of him bobbing his head and lifting his legs to the Backstreet Boys’s song Everybody hit the internet.

From Science Magazine

A lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo and a Nicobar pigeon were taken from Chaffee Zoo’s Australian Asian Aviary on Sunday around 4:30 a.m.,

From Washington Times

The alleged bird bandit made off with a lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo and a Nicobar pigeon, the zoo said.

From BBC

Earlier, the poll was rocked by scandal after the discovery of a sophisticated voter fraud operation in favour of the sulphur-crested cockatoo.

From The Guardian

Mr Cocky, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, was found by a member of the public in the city of Sydney last month and taken to the local Avian Reptile and Exotic Pet Hospital.

From BBC