Red-tailed Black-cockatoo

Taken at Healesville Sanctuary with a Nikon D60 and 55-200 VR lens

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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

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The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is a large cockatoo native to Australia. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo are under threat.

Adult Red-tailed Black Cockatoos are around 60 centimetres (24 in) in length and sexually dimorphic. Males are completely black in colour, excepting their prominent red tail bands; the slightly smaller females are brownish-black with yellow barring and spotting and have yellow-orange tail stripes. The species is usually found in eucalyptus woodlands, or along water courses. In the more northerly parts of the country, these cockatoos are commonly seen in large flocks. They are seed eaters and cavity nesters. As such, they depend on trees with fairly large diameters, generally Eucalyptus. Populations in southeastern Australia are threatened by the reduction in forest cover and by other habitat alterations. Of the black cockatoos, the red-tailed black is the most adaptable to aviculture, although black cockatoos are much rarer and much more expensive outside Australia.

I was lucky enough to capture these two. One I think the Black one is the Male (Dad) and this is the Baby.. the Mother was also in the tree, But hiding behind a branch further up, and I couldnt get a shoot of her..

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