Red tailed black cockatoo

Description:

Red-tailed Black Cockatoos are around 60 centimetres in length and sexually dimorphic. Males are completely black in colour, excepting their prominent red tail bands; the slightly smaller females are black with yellow barring on their chest, yellow grading to red spots over their crest, cheeks and wings and yellow-orange tail stripes.

Habitat:

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. Often considered endangered, they are really only rare at the southern end of their range. They do well in the arid inland.

Notes:

The male (right) and female (lower) are clearly indicated. These are trained birds at the Taronga (Sydney) zoo.