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Alternative name(s): Carnaby's Cockatoo, Slender-billed Black Cockatoo

The male is on the right with the darker bill and reddish eye ring
Photo by ChrisCharles
Yanchep Western Australia, March 2007

Calyptorhynchus latirostris

[edit] Identification

[edit] Similar Species

Very similar to Long-billed Black Cockatoo (Baudin's) apart from slightly shorter bill, and voice similar to east coast Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo.

[edit] Distribution

South-west Western Australia.

Photo by Tiger1
Albany, Western Australia, July 2012

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], which in the past has been viewed as part of White-tailed Black Cockatoo.

[edit] Habitat

Woodlands, heaths and scrub

[edit] Behaviour

Often feeds on ground.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID