Family Cacatuidae Gray 1840 (cockatoo)
Aves - Psittaciformes - Cacatuidae
Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea
Subtaxa: Cacatua Cacatuinae Callocephalon Calyptorhynchinae Calyptorhynchus Eolophus Nymphicinae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences