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16:Oldest known Major Mitchell's cockatoo
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543:. Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp.
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475:"Meet our oldest animals in Chicago"
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495:. Chicago Tribune. 29 August 2016
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878:Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo
241:. Brookfield Zoo. 30 June 2015.
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245:from the original on 2021-12-20
265:"Cookie the Cockatoo turns 79"
239:"Happy 82nd Birthday, Cookie!"
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340:"Oldest parrot - living"
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148:Guinness World Records
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368:. World Parrot Trust
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167:Taronga Zoo
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617:Cacatuidae
267:. WGN News
226:References
68:1933-06-30
1046:Cockatoos
674:Cockatiel
666:Nymphicus
609:Cockatoos
499:29 August
87:Australia
1010:Snowball
916:Licmetis
806:Eolophus
449:Fox News
324:10 March
243:Archived
214:See also
197:keepers'
107:Illinois
847:Cacatua
836:Cacatua
643:Species
573:YouTube
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271:7 July
171:Sydney
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633:Genus
122:Owner
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