LONG-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO

Photographed on the outskirts of Perth in the last light of day, April 2015

563        LONG-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO            Calyptorhynchus baudinii

Australia       (406)

Also known as Baudin's Cockatoo. 53-60 cm. Endemic to sw. WA; in heavier forested areas of sw. from Gin Gin, n. of Perth, through Darling Ranges to Stirling Ranges NP. Found in forest, woodlands, pine plantations, orchards.

SHORT-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO

Photographed at Wellstead, Western Australia March 2015

547            SHORT-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO          Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Australia           (388)

Also known as Carnaby's or White-tailed Black-cockatoo. 53-60 cm. Endemic to the sw. WA, from c. lower Murchison River to c. Israelite Bay in se., inland to L. Moore-Meriden-Norseman; breeds in n. Darling Ras. and wheatbelt then disperses coastward in summer-autumn.  Found in open forests, woodlands, scrubland, wheatbelt, and sand plain areas; taller, denser karri, exotic pine plantations, gardens.

YELLOW-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO

15       YELLOW-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO    Calyptorhynchus funereus

Australia    (15)

The Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo is 55 -65 cm. Found Tasmania, Victoria except N-W corner, SE South Australia, Eastern half NSW, and SE quarter of Queensland. Temperate forests, eucalyptus forests, woodlands and scrub.

Subspecies xanthanotus, photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017