Many refer to them as yellow tail black cockatoo
Whilst some do prefer to call them the weerloo
From the song they sing as in small groups they fly
The big dark brown parrots of human kind shy
They sometimes hatch out two chicks but only one survive
The weakest must die for the strongest to thrive
Throughout their small range they are uncommon to rare
Though with most other cockatoo species little in common they do share
Save they too nest in a cavity of a tree stump or old tree
And even in their range they are birds that one does not often see
Their massive strong bills are as hard as a stone
Designed for cracking of hakea nuts and shredding pine cone
These large dark brown parrots bigger than a big crow
Yet little about them I can claim to know.
Whilst some do prefer to call them the weerloo
From the song they sing as in small groups they fly
The big dark brown parrots of human kind shy
They sometimes hatch out two chicks but only one survive
The weakest must die for the strongest to thrive
Throughout their small range they are uncommon to rare
Though with most other cockatoo species little in common they do share
Save they too nest in a cavity of a tree stump or old tree
And even in their range they are birds that one does not often see
Their massive strong bills are as hard as a stone
Designed for cracking of hakea nuts and shredding pine cone
These large dark brown parrots bigger than a big crow
Yet little about them I can claim to know.
