
Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong’s towering skyscrapers, but like their human neighbours, they now face trouble finding a place to call home.
Native to Indonesia and East Timor, the snow-white birds, their crests flashing like yellow crowns, squawk through the urban parks of the Asian financial hub. They make up roughly 10 per cent of the species' global wild population, which numbers only up to 2,000 mature birds.