![]() ![]() The high price fetched per bird means that chicks are taken from virtually every accessible nest. Populations have decreased dramatically due to illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade. There are around 180 found in wilderness conservation in Narra, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. The species stronghold is the Palawan Faunal Region where the Katala Foundation has been running the Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Programme since 1998. Now remnant populations exist on the islands of Palawan, Tawitawi, Mindanao and Masbate. In the early 1990s the total wild population was estimated at 1000-4000, however, by 2008 this was reduced to probably less than 1000. Red-vented Cockatoos were formerly widely distributed on all larger and many smaller islands of the Philippines, excluding northern and central Luzon. Sometimes in hills and mountains to altitudes of 1,100m. Occurs in lowland native forest, including mangroves, also recorded in secondary growth and around crops appears to favour forest edge habitats. ![]() It is quieter than most cockatoos, and much quieter than the Umbrella Cockatoo or Moluccan Cockatoo. The Red-vented Cockatoo makes a characteristic bleating call, as well as screeching or whistling noises that are common to most cockatoos. It is 12.2 inches long and has an 8.6 inches wingspan. The plumage is all white with red undertail coverts tipped white, yellowish undertail and pale yellow underwings. ![]()
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