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The glossy black cockatoo's closest relative is the red-tailed black cockatoo; the two species form the genus Calyptorhynchus. [2] They are distinguished from the other black cockatoos of the genus Zanda by different tail colour and head pattern, significant sexual dimorphism , and differences in two juvenile call types, a squeaking begging ...
Black cockatoo is a general descriptive term for cockatoos that are mainly black and may include: Palm cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus, also called great black cockatoo; Species of the genus Calyptorhynchus: Red-tailed black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii, has several alternative common names including black cockatoo; Glossy black cockatoo ...
Glossy black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807) (3 subspecies) Genus Zanda – black-and-yellow/white cockatoos Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Zanda funerea (Shaw, 1794) (2–3 subspecies) Carnaby's black cockatoo, Zanda latirostris (Carnaby, 1948) Baudin's black cockatoo, Zanda baudinii (Lear, 1832) Subfamily Cacatuinae
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). [9] Other common names used include yellow-eared black cockatoo, and wylah. [5] Wy-la was an aboriginal term from the Hunter Region of New South Wales, [8] while the Dharawal name from the Illawarra region is Ngaoaraa. [10]
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Carnaby's black cockatoo (Zanda latirostris), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring 53–58 cm (21–23 in) in length, it has a short crest on the top of its head.
The species complex was first described by the ornithologist John Latham in 1790 as Psittacus banksii, [4] commemorating English botanist Sir Joseph Banks.The red-tailed black cockatoo also has the distinction of being the first bird from Eastern Australia illustrated by a European, as a female, presumably collected at Endeavour River in north Queensland, was sketched by Banks' draughtsman ...
It is white, with a large yellow crest that it can raise. It is 45–55 cm (18–22 in) long, weighing 550–600 g (19–21 oz) and can live up to 40 years. [6] [7] This subspecies differs from the Australian greater sulphur-crested cockatoo in that it is smaller, with broader crest feathers and has a pale blue periophthalmic ring instead of white.