![]() Over-harvesting of the cockatoo populations for the wild bird trade hasīeen the main factor contributing to this massive decline, highly organized groups of trappers being able to capture entire flocks of up to 100 birds in traditional roosting trees. Iwan Setiawan, Species Officer with BirdLife International Indonesia Program commented "In many places we were told the same story, 20 years ago flocks of Cockatoos in the hundreds were not unusual, hut hy 1990 the birds had disappeared." Only people resident in an area for over 30 years were interviewed, and their responses have demonstrated the rapidity of the species' decline. The survey teams covered large areas, quickly reaching remote areas using motorcycles, and conducting direct searches and semi-structured interviews with rural people. ![]() Results of the surveys across the species' former range in Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda islands, Indonesia, have been compiled into a draft species recovery plan, soon to he published hy BirdLife/PHPA. Populations of the Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulpburea have crashed since the 1970s, according to a recently completed status assessment by BirdLife International and the Indonesian Department of Nature Conservation (PHPA).
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