Alternative names: White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Long-billed Black-Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Zanda baudinii
Identification
55–60 cm (21¾-23¾ in)
- Black overall plumage, feathers margined with grey-white
- Greyish white patch on ear-coverts
- Two black central tail feathers; the remainder white
- Helmet shaped crest
- Grey beak
Distribution
Female
Photo © by Oregonian
Stirling Range National Park, Gnowangerup, Western Australia, September 2018
Photo © by Oregonian
Stirling Range National Park, Gnowangerup, Western Australia, September 2018
They range across the south-west corner of Australia, from Kalbarri to Esperance.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1]., which in the past was supposed to include Carnaby's Black Cockatoo.
Habitat
Old wandoo or marri woodland.
Due to land clearing on the wheatbelt populations are now patchy and suitable breeding areas are reduced.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in vertical tree hollows.
Diet
Their diet consists of the seeds of proteaceous heath plants and they have also adapted to feeding on pine nuts on plantations on the Perth coastal plain.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Baudin's Black Cockatoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Baudin%27s_Black_Cockatoo
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