The red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) sometimes called the Philippine cockatoo or kalangay, is a critically endangered species of cockatoo that is endemic to the Philippines. It is roughly the size and shape of the Tanimbar corella, but is easily distinguished by the red feathers around the vent.
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Cacatua
Subgenus: Licmetis
Species: Cacatua haematuropygia (P.L.S. Müller, 1776)
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Scientific Name: Cacatua haematuropygia (Müller, 1776)
Common Names: Philippine Cockatoo, Red-vented Cockatoo, Red-vented Corella
French: Cacatoès des Philippines; German: Rotsteißkakadu; Spanish: Cacatúa filipina, Cacatúa de Cola Sangrante
Taxonomy: Psittacus haematuropygius Statius Müller, 1776, Philippine Islands = Manila.
