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[[Image:White-tailed_Black_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|The+Magpie|The Magpie}}<br />[[Western Australia]],  June 2005]]
 
'''Alternative names: White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Long-billed Black-Cockatoo'''
 
'''Alternative names: White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Long-billed Black-Cockatoo'''
[[Image:White-tailed_Black_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by The Magpie<br />Photo taken: [[Western Australia]].]]
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;[[: Category:Calyptorhynchus|Calyptorhynchus]] baudinii
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;[[:Category:Zanda|Zanda]] baudinii
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''Calyptorhynchus baudinii''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
34cm.  Black plumage, feathers margined with grey-white, two central tail feathers black, the remainder white, helmet shaped crest, grey beak.
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55–60 cm (21¾-23¾ in)
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*Black overall plumage, feathers margined with grey-white
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*Greyish white patch on ear-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Two black central tail feathers; the remainder white
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*Helmet shaped crest
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*Grey beak
 
==Distribution==  
 
==Distribution==  
White-tailed Black Cockatoo range across the south-west corner of [[Australia]], from Kalbarri to Esperance.   
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[[Image:BBCO DSCN6717.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />Stirling Range National Park, Gnowangerup, [[Western Australia]], September 2018]]
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They range across the south-west corner of [[Australia]], from Kalbarri to Esperance.   
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species, which in the past was supposed to include [[Carnaby's Black Cockatoo]].
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>., which in the past was supposed to include [[Carnaby's Black Cockatoo]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Old wandoo or marri woodland. Due to land clearing on the wheatbelt populations are now patchy and suitable breeding areas are reduced.
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Old wandoo or marri woodland.
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Due to land clearing on the wheatbelt populations are now patchy and suitable breeding areas are reduced.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The White-tailed Black Cockatoo nests in vertical tree hollows. They feed on the seeds of proteaceous heath plants and have also adapted to feeding on pine nuts on plantations on the Perth coastal plain.
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====Breeding====
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[[Image:DSC 002012.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Tiger1|Tiger1}}<br />SW [[Australia]], September 2013]]
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They nest in vertical tree hollows.
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====Diet====
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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.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
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#Birdforum Member observations
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Zanda baudinii" {{!}} "Calyptorhynchus baudinii" {{!}} "Baudin's Black Cockatoo" {{!}} "White-tailed Black Cockatoo" {{!}} "Long-billed Black-Cockatoo"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Zanda]]
{{GSearch|Calyptorhynchus+baudinii}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=19&bid=138 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Calyptorhynchus]]
 

Latest revision as of 01:55, 13 August 2023

Photo © by The Magpie
Western Australia, June 2005

Alternative names: White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Long-billed Black-Cockatoo

Zanda baudinii

Calyptorhynchus 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

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

Photo © by Tiger1
SW Australia, September 2013

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

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
  3. Birdforum Member observations

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External Links

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