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.

GANG-GANG COCKATOO

Photographed at Airey Inlet, Victoria February 2015

500        GANG-GANG COCKATOO            Callocephalon fimbriatum

Australia         (341)

33-36 cm. Found in wetter forrests and woodlands, from sea-level to over 2000 m on Divide; timbered foothills and valleys; timbered watercourses, coastal scrubs, farmlands, suburban gardens. Range se. mainland Australia, from mid n. coast, Hunter Region and c. Tablelands (NSW) s. to w. Vict. ; inland to Merriwa-Bathurst-Wagga (NSW) e. and c. Vict. and adjacent se. SA.

RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO

458         RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO               Calyptorhynchus banksii

Australia       (306)

50-64 cm. Found in tall open forests, woodlands, grasslands, scrubland, floodplains, river margins, wetlands, river red gums on watercourses. Range sw WA up as far as inland from Shark Bay, small pocket bottom of SA/Vic border, very central of Australia, across north from Kimberley, Top End, most of Queensland and across into NSW to Bourke.

Subspecies graptogyne, photographed at Little Desert NP, Victoria June 2016

GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO

182            GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO            Calyptorhynchus lathami        

Australia        (182)

Also called Casuarina Cocockatoo. 46-51 cm. Range along east coast and inland from mid-Queensland into Victoria. Found in she-oaks, forests, woodlands, timbered watercourses, and rocky ridge country.

MAJOR MITCHELL'S COCKATOO

146        MAJOR MITCHELL'S COCKATOO          Cacatua leadbeaters

Australia       (146)

Also known as Major Mitchell or Pink Cockatoo. 35-40 cm. Found near water on timbered watercourses, grasslands, gibber, saltbush, and stands of native woodlands. Range covers arid and semi-arid interior of Australia.

SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO

78         SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO          Cacatua galerita 

Australia  (78)

Also known as White cockatoo. Range around coast and inland from Adelaide up the east coast and across the north of Australia to northern WA, pocket around Perth and all of Tasmania. Found in rain forests, woodlands, pastoral country, crops and parks. 44-51 cm. Popular, well-known Australian cocky.

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