Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo

Distribution

The whiteae is found south of Victoria to the East of South Australia.

Diet

Yellow-tailed black cockatoos feed together in small to large flocks. They feed on seeds from native species of Hakea, Banksia and Casuarina, as well as introduced pine species. They also eat wood-boring insect larvae.

Information

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funerea) is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring 55–65 cm (22–26 in) in length. It has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly brownish black and it has prominent yellow cheek patches and a yellow tail band. The body feathers are edged with yellow giving a scalloped appearance. The adult male has a black beak and pinkish-red eye-rings, and the female has a bone-coloured beak and grey eye-rings. In flight, yellow-tailed black cockatoos flap deeply and slowly, with a peculiar heavy fluid motion. Their loud, wailing calls carry for long distances. The whiteae is found south of Victoria to the East of South Australia and is smaller in size.

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo

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