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Glossy Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus lathami

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicSeedsForestCavity nestLarge · 437 g
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), photo 1
Photo: Didier B (Sam67fr) · CC BY 2.5
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), photo 2
Photo: Kangaroo Island Landscape Board · CC BY 3.0 au
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), photo 3
Photo: Kangaroo Island Landscape Board · CC BY 3.0 au
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), photo 4
Photo: Calyptorhynchus_banksii_-flying_-Australia_Zoo-8.jpg: Richard.Fisher derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) · CC BY 2.0
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), photo 5
Photo: Richard.Fisher · CC BY 2.0

What the Glossy Black Cockatoo sounds like

Sonogram of the Glossy Black Cockatoo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by James Ray · Begging call · Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Like the related red-tailed black cockatoo, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male glossy black cockatoo is predominantly black with a chocolate-brown head and striking caudal red patches. The female is a duller dark brown, with flecks of yellow in the tail and collar. The female's tail is barred whereas the male's tail is patched. An adult will grow to be about 46–50 cm (18–19.5 in) in length.

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When to see the Glossy Black Cockatoo

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Glossy 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 Glossy Black Cockatoo

The glossy black cockatoo is a species of bird found in Australia. It is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae, and found in eastern Australia. Adult glossy black cockatoos may reach 50 cm (19.5 in) in length. They are sexually dimorphic. Males are blackish brown, except for their prominent sub-terminal red tail bands; the females are dark brownish with idiosyncratic yellow marking around the neck and prominent sub-terminal tail band of red with black bars.

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Easily confused with

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) Red-tailed Black CockatooCalyptorhynchus banksiiRed-tailed black cockatoos are around 60 centimetres (24 in) in length and sexually dimorphic.

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