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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Location: Noosa Heads, Australia | Location: Noosa Heads, Australia | ||
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| + | The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), also known as the Casuarina Black Cockatoo after one of their preferred food items, is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia | ||
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| + | Glossy Black Cockatoos are predominantly black/dark brown with striking caudal red patches. Female birds are duller in colour, with flecks of yellow in the tail and collar. An adult will grow to be about 46-50cm in length. The birds are often found in open forest and woodlands, and usually feed on seeds of the Casuarina. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Calyptorhynchus+lathami+ View more images of Glossy Black Cockatoo in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Calyptorhynchus+lathami+ View more images of Glossy Black Cockatoo in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 12 May 2007
- Calyptorhynchus lathami
Identification
Location: Noosa Heads, Australia
The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), also known as the Casuarina Black Cockatoo after one of their preferred food items, is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia
Glossy Black Cockatoos are predominantly black/dark brown with striking caudal red patches. Female birds are duller in colour, with flecks of yellow in the tail and collar. An adult will grow to be about 46-50cm in length. The birds are often found in open forest and woodlands, and usually feed on seeds of the Casuarina.
