Kakadu is the German word for

cockatoo A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea ( true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up t ...

Kakadu may refer to:

Places

Australia

Kakadu National Park Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, southeast of Darwin. It is a World Heritage Site. Kakadu is also gazetted as a locality, covering the same area as the national park, with 313 people recorded l ...

, a protected area *

Kakadu Highway The Kakadu Highway is 209 kilometres long and extends from Pine Creek to Jabiru The jabiru ( or ; ''Jabiru mycteria'') is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It sometimes wanders into the ...

, a highway in the Northern Territory *

Kakadu, Northern Territory Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, southeast of Darwin. It is a World Heritage Site. Kakadu is also gazetted as a locality, covering the same area as the national park, with 313 people recorded li ...

, a locality

Plants and animals

Australia

Kakadu dunnart The Kakadu dunnart (''Sminthopsis bindi'') is a dunnart first described in 1994 and whose closest relative is the Carpentarian dunnart. It typically has a body length of 50-85mm with a tail 60-105mm long, for a total length between 110-190mm. It ...

, a species of dunnart *

Kakadu pebble-mound mouse The Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (''Pseudomys calabyi'') is a rodent native to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian ...

, a species of rodent *

Kakadu plum Kakadu is the German word for cockatoo Kakadu may refer to: Places Australia * Kakadu National Park, a protected area * Kakadu Highway, a highway in the Northern Territory * Kakadu, Northern Territory, a locality Plants and animals Australia ...

, a species of flowering plant * Kakadu woolly-butt, a species of tree * Kakadu sand goanna, a species of monitor lizard *

Kakadu vicetail ''Hemigomphus magela'' is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, known as the Kakadu vicetail. It is a small, black and yellow dragonfly, endemic to Northern Territory, Australia, where it inhabits streams. Gallery Hemigomphus magela ...

, a species of dragonfly

Arts and entertainment

Kakadu Variations "Kakadu Variations" is the nickname given to Ludwig van Beethoven's set of variations for piano trio on the theme "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" by Wenzel Müller. The ''Variations'' was published in 1824 as Opus 121a, the last of Beethoven's pia ...

, by Ludwig van Beethoven * ''

Kakadu und Kiebitz ''Cockatoo and Lapwing'' () is a 1920 German silent film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson, and Marga Köhler. Cast *Ossi Oswalda as Ossi Schönbeck *Hans Brockmann as Hans Reimers, Doctor of Zoology *Marga ...

'', a 1920 German silent film * ''Kakadu'' (Sculthorpe), an orchestral composition by Peter Sculthorpe

Other

Kakadu language Gaagudju (also spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, and Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the environs of Kakadu National Park, in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Country and status Explorer Baldwin Spencer in ...

, an extinct Australian Aboriginal language *

Kakadu (people) The Gaagudju, also known as the Kakadu, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory. There are four clans, being the Bunitj or Bunidj, the Djindibi, and two Mirarr clans. Three languages are spoken among the Mirarr or Mirrar cl ...

, an

Australian Aboriginal people Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...

* ''Kakadu'' (sailplane), a large sailplane built in 1928 by

Julius Hatry Julius Hatry (30 December 1906 – 7 November 2000) was a German aircraft designer and builder. He is remembered for his contributions to sailplane development in the early twentieth century and for building the world's first purpose-built roc ...

Kakadu (software) Kakadu is a closed-source library to encode and decode JPEG 2000 images. It implements the ISO/IEC 15444-1 standard fully in part 1, and partly in parts 2–3. Kakadu is a trademark of NewSouth Innovations Ltd. Kakadu was developed by and contin ...

, a software library for encoding and decoding JPEG 2000 images *

Kakadu Storm Kakadu is the German word for cockatoo Kakadu may refer to: Places Australia * Kakadu National Park, a protected area * Kakadu Highway, a highway in the Northern Territory * Kakadu, Northern Territory, a locality Plants and animals Australia ...

, a rugby team in the

Darwin Rugby League The Darwin Rugby League is a former rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the league's affairs. It administered the c ...

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