Glossy Black Cockatoos aka Glossy Cockatoos
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The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia.
Description:
Glossy Black Cockatoos are predominantly black/dark brown with striking caudal red patches. Female birds are duller in colour, with flecks of yellow in the tail and collar. An adult will grow to be about 46-50cm in length. The birds are often found in open forest and woodlands, and usually feed on seeds of the Casarina.
The Australian Government has listed the South Australian race, (including Kangaroo Island), halmaturinus, as being endangered. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
Distribution
The species is uncommon although widespread throughout suitable forest and woodland habitats, from the central Queensland coast to East Gippsland in Victoria, and inland to the southern tablelands and central western plains of NSW, with a small population in the Riverina. An isolated population exists on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Habitat and ecology
- Inhabits open forest and woodlands of the coast and the Great Dividing Range up to 1000 m in which stands of she-oak species, particularly Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis), Forest She-oak (A. torulosa) or Drooping She-oak (A. verticillata) occur.
- In the Riverina area, inhabits open woodlands dominated by Belah (Casuarina cristata).
- Feeds almost exclusively on the seeds of several species of she-oak (Casuarina and Allocasuarina species), shredding the cones with the massive bill.
- Dependent on large hollow-bearing eucalypts for nest sites. One or two eggs are laid between March and August.
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Genus: English:
Black Cockatoos ... Dutch: Raafkakatoes ... German: Rabenkakadus
... French: Cacatoès noir 
Species: Scientific:
Calyptorhynchus lathami aka Psittacus lathami ...
English: Glossy Black Cockatoos ... Dutch: Bruine Raafkakatoe,
Lathams Zwarte Kakatoe ... German: Braunkopfkakadu ...
French: Cacatoès de Latham CITES II - Endangered Species
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