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PALM COCKATOO FACTS |
Description
The Palm Cockatoo is a large dark-grey cockatoo with large dark grey bill. It has orange-red facial skin patches. The crest is long and erect. The female is smaller with less red on face. Young ones have pale yellow margins on feathers of the underside, and paler bill.
Other Names
Black Macaw, Cape York Cockatoo
Size
56-64cm
Habitat
tropical rainforest, wet eucalypt forest
Food
fruit, seeds, nuts, berries, plant shoots and roots, grubs.
Breeding
nests in hollow tree. 1 white eggs
Range
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
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: | Probosciger | | Species: | aterrimus | | Common Name: | Palm Cockatoo |
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