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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus banksii
The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a big black parrot with a short crest, a stubby beak and a long tail. The tail has big red patches in it. The tail of the female Red-tailed Black Cockatoo has black bars on the red patches and the head has yellow spots. It lays two eggs but only one young ever grows up to leave the hollow in a tree in which the eggs are laid.
It lives in forests and open country, sometimes taking the seeds of gum nuts in trees, sometimes finding seed on the ground. In some places Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos have learnt to find peanuts under the ground!
 Listen to the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Call © Andree Griffin & R.J. Swaby
Text by Stephen Garnett
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