Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

This is a female. Note the yellow spots in tail (the male has red patches in tail).

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BIRD FACTS

Description
The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is a large black cockatoo. Male has red patches on tail. Female has yellow spots on the tail.

Size
60 - 65cm

Habitat
open forest

Food
fruit, seeds, nuts, berries, plant shoots and roots, grubs.

Breeding
nests in hollow tree. 1 white eggs

Range
Queensland, Northern Australia also south west WA.

distribution map showing range of Calyptorhynchus banksii in Australia

distribution map showing range of Calyptorhynchus banksii in 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:	banksii
Common Name:	Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Relatives in same Genus
  Long-billed Black-Cockatoo (C. baudinii)
  Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (C. funereus)
  Glossy Black-Cockatoo (C. lathami)
  Short-billed Black Cockatoo (C. latirostris)