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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Long-billed Black-Cockatoo is a dark grey cockatoo with short crest on top of the head. It has a white face patch and white band on the outer tail feathers. The eye is dark grey and the legs are greyish brown. Male birds have pink eye ring and females have grey eye ring. It is similar to the Short-billed Black Cockatoo but has longer beak.
Other Names
Baudin's Black Cockatoo
Size
56cm
Habitat
wet forest in high rainfall areas, woodlands, orchards
Food
flowers and seeds of plants such as Marri (Corymbia calophylla), also some fruit
Breeding
nests in tree hollow high above the ground. Lays one or two white eggs.
Range
found only in south western parts of Western 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: | baudinii | | Common Name: | Long-billed Black-Cockatoo |
Relatives in same Genus
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (C. banksii)
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (C. funereus)
Glossy Black-Cockatoo (C. lathami)
Short-billed Black Cockatoo (C. latirostris)
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