Oddly enough I remember this was a question raised by the Sydney Morning
Herald, Column 8, back in August 2009 - although referring to a different
painting of the 17th century. A search of the SMH archives revealed this
was the answer given back then by someone named Carl Clifford. I am sure no
relation!
"We have an answer (dozens of them, actually) to Mike Stokes's question on
Saturday, asking how a sulphur-crested cockatoo appeared in a 17th century
European painting. ''Sulphur-crested cockatoos are not only native to
eastern Australia,'' we are informed by Carl Clifford, of Corokan, ''but
are also found on much of the island of New Guinea, the Papuan islands and
some parts of the Molluccas. They have been traded throughout much of the
Indonesian archipelago for centuries. I imagine the Dutch would have come
across them pretty early in their explorations and settlement of the
archipelago. The painting may also be of the yellow-crested cockatoo, *Cacatua
sulphurea,*which is very similar to the sulphur-crested and occurs in
Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia and would probably have come to the
attention of the Dutch sooner."
Cheers
Chris Gregory
On 19 March 2014 10:37, John Harris <> wrote:
> That was the word I was looking for John, Wallacean..... :-)
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> On 19 March 2014 10:16, calyptorhynchus . <>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking about this too, I reckon it's one of the Wallacean
> > cockatoos brought back by the Portuguese, who had a presence in that area
> > from c 1500. Conceivably it might also have been a Sulphur-crested from
> > southern New Guinea, traded around until a Portuguese merchant bought it.
> >
> > No need to invoke actual landings on Australia at this early date (though
> > they may have occurred).
> >
> > John Leonard
> >
> >
> > On 19 March 2014 10:02, Bill Stent <> wrote:
> >
> > > A colleage has just asked me about this.
> > >
> > > I'm stumped. How did a cocky get to Italy in AD 1496?
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? Is it a hoax?
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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