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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is a fairly small black cockatoo. Males are black with dark brown head and red band on the outer tail feathers. Females are dark brown with some yellow markings on the head and tail. the beak is grey. Juvenile birds are similar to females but have less yellow markings. It is smaller than the similar Red-tailed Black cockatoo and has a much smaller crest. Usually seen in small family groups or in larger flocks of birds.
Other Names
Casuarina Black Cockatoo
Size
46cm - 50cm
Habitat
open forest and woodland with Casuarina trees
Food
feeds mainly on seeds of Casuarina trees ( Allocasuarina species). It shreds the seed cones to extract the seeds.
Breeding
lays a single (usually) white egg in tree hollow
Range
found in eastern Australia from central Queensland coast down to eastern Victoria. A separate population is also found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Cacatuidae | | Genus: | Calyptorhynchus | | Species: | lathami | | Common Name: | Glossy Black-Cockatoo |
Relatives in same Genus
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (C. banksii)
Long-billed Black-Cockatoo (C. baudinii)
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (C. funereus)
Short-billed Black Cockatoo (C. latirostris)
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