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Description and distribution
Tanimbar cockatoo body length about 32 cm. Feather and his crested white. Likewise, bluish white eyelids and lore (the hair on top half) pink. The distribution is only found (endemic) in P. Tanimbar (Maluku) and its surroundings, namely P. Yamdena, Larat, and Selara.
Population status
Tanimbar parrots in the wild population is estimated at more than 200,000 individuals. Population erosion caused by deforestation and the arrests, both for trade and considered a pest of corn plantation. Type of cockatoo are protected by Government Regulation No. 7 / 1999.
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