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Baudin's Black Cockatoo

Zanda baudinii

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredEndemicSeedsForestCavity nestLarge · 620 g
Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 1
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 2
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 3
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 4
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 5
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 6
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 7
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 8
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 9
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Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), photo 10
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ID tip

Baudin's black cockatoo is about 56 cm (22 in) long. It is mostly dark-grey with narrow vague light-grey scalloping, which is produced by narrow pale-grey margins at the tip of dark-grey feathers. It has a crest of short feathers on its head, and it has whitish patches of feathers that cover its ears. Its lateral tail feathers are white with black tips, and the central tail feathers are all black. The irises are dark brown and the legs are brown-grey. Its beak is longer and narrower than that of the closely related and similar Carnaby's black cockatoo.

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When to see the Baudin's Black Cockatoo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Baudin's Black Cockatoo

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Baudin's Black Cockatoo

Baudin's black cockatoo, also known as Baudin's cockatoo or the long-billed black cockatoo, is a species of genus Zanda found in southwest Australia. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin. It has a short crest on the top of its head, and the plumage is mostly greyish black. It has prominent white cheek patches and a white tail band. The body feathers are edged with white giving a scalloped appearance. Adult males have a dark grey beak and pink eye-rings. Adult females have a bone coloured beak, grey eye-rings and ear patches that are paler than those of the males.

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Easily confused with

Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris) Carnaby's Black CockatooZanda latirostrisCarnaby's black cockatoo is 53–58 cm (21–23 in) in length with a 110 cm (43 in) wingspan, and weighs 520–790 grams. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea) Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funereaThe yellow-tailed black cockatoo is 55–65 cm (22–26 in) in length and 750–900 grams in weight.

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