This white cockatoo is restricted to Sumba Island, Indonesia. Its crest and ear-coverts are golden orange, and the iris differs in color between males and females.
Adults are white with golden-orange crests and ear-coverts. The male has a brown iris and the female a copper iris.
It uses woodland and cultivated areas and eats seeds, fruit, flowers, and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.