Talk:Sulphur-crested cockatoo

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Cockies like median strips. That is all.

RSPB link is dead

I've searched the RSPB site, and I can't find a replacement for the external link that is now dead. I'm recommending this link be removed. (Mgg4 21:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC))

Dancing Cockatoo

We should add this paper to the article, which is based on YouTube videos like this one. --bender235 (talk) 23:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Habitat

Does anyone know the habitat types used, as not all types of habitat may be used. Or maybe different habitats are used in different ways. Enlil Ninlil (talk) 06:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments From Class

The entry on the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is written in the third person with a tone similar to that of the Striated Pardalote article. However, just reading the entry in depth, there may be too much of a human element, especially when it gets into the aviculture section and the idea of containing this species for human companionship. The article starts with the bird and the nature of the bird, including some behavioral aspects and tendencies, but veers towards unnatural interactions, those with humans. In fact, a good portion of the entry is written about such interactions and leaves readers like me with the feeling of not being the most fully informed, as if too much effort was spent focusing on human interaction. It’s all well and good to detail human relations to the species, but more information needs to be presented on other aspects of the species. The distribution map of the bird is a good visual when used in conjunction with the distribution section, but the map is not exhaustive as it does not cover the archipelagos where they have been introduced and distributed. The behavior section of the entry is fairly comprehensive, ranging from feeding behaviors and patterns to nesting competition with other species. A small entry on environmental threats and the survival of the species would be welcome under this section as well. The discussion and talk page discuss the necessary revisions to be made on the article to better improve the quality of the information. As with other entry histories, the history tab simply quantizes the revisions and additions made to the article, from typo corrections to content addition. In keeping with the format for the WikiProject Birds project, this entry should acquire sections on environmental threats and survival methods. Whereas this article contains a small section on the subspecies, the relative taxonomy of this entry should be more detailed. TKYung (talk) 19:46, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Subspecies

Dan arndt, you reverted the redirection of two subspecies articles (Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo and Eleonora cockatoo) to this article. I'm not sure how conversant you are with the use cases in taxon articles, but the usual approach is that we don't have separate articles for subspecies unless there is an unusual amount to say about them. It happens (hence {{subspeciesbox}}) but normally subspecies are more suitably treated in the article on the parent taxon. E.g., the subspecies of the red squirrel are very likely never going to get articles because the only material to add are differences in distribution and possibly minor morphological features. - This is also the case with these two cockatoo ssp. All the material in Eleonora cockatoo is already covered here. Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo seems to have more material, but if you check the content you will find that this neatly falls into material covered here (distribution, description, authority, and the single study on rhythm perception) and material that actually refers to the nominate or the genus (everything else) (also the sources are crap, but that could be fixed). There is no good case for having a separate article for either taxon.

We can make this a wider discussion if you wish, but I'd prefer not to start a lot of fuss over what is really a standard housekeeping action. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:32, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Dan arndt, I see you are editing these articles again. Could you please respond to the above? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:50, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

• In your comments you make the statement that "we don't have separate articles for subspecies unless there is an unusual amount to say about them", as a result I thought that it would be appropriate to research and edit the relevant articles to establish that there is sufficient information to warrant a separate article. Given your subsequent statement "the sources are crap" I thought that the best course of action would be to prove that wasn't the case. In the meantime I don't believe that there is any policy that stops an editor from editing an article, particularly when they are looking to improve it. Dan arndt (talk) 08:06, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

There is a requirement for you to explain your reverts if someone asks for a reason, so please lay off the hostility. Okay, I will open this up into a formal merge request. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:28, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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