Alternative names: White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Baudin's Black-Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Identification
34cm. Black plumage, feathers margined with grey-white, two central tail feathers black, the remainder white, helmet shaped crest, grey beak.
Distribution
White-tailed Black Cockatoo range across the south-west corner of Australia, from Kalbarri to Esperance.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species, which in the past was supposed to include Slender-billed 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
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.
