Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (south-eastern)

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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (south-eastern)
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (south-eastern)
© Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (south-eastern) - David Tait

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (south-eastern)

Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne


Breeding season from October to May. One egg is laid in the hollow of old trees, mainly eucalypts in or at the edges of Brown Stringybark woodland. Both adults are involved in feeding the young. Can live up to 20 years in the wild.


Details Description
Type
Bird
Group
Cockatoo
Other Common Names
Red-tailed Cockatoo
Identifying Characteristics

Large black cockatoo, up to 60 cm. Predominantly black with scarlet panels in the tail. Black bill. Females have a paler bill and yellow spots on head, neck and wings.

Distinctive Markings

Scarlet panels in tail.

Diet

Herbivore. Forages for seeds mainly in fruiting Brown Stringybark and occasionally in thickets dominated by Casuarinas, Banksias, Hakeas and Acacias. Seldom feed on the ground.

Habitat

Generally restricted to Brown Stringybark forests or woodlands with peripheral stands of River Red Gum, Yellow Gum or Buloke.

Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
High pitched, guttural "creee, creee".
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Cacatuidae
Genus
Calyptorhynchus
Species
banksii graptogyne