Glossy Black Cockatoo

Description:

This beautiful bird was part of an education display to raise awareness of their plight for National Threatened Species Day. The Glossy Black Cockatoo is a very specialised feeder and is now classed as threatened due to loss of food trees and habitat (Casuarina and Allocasuarina)

Habitat:

Widespread, however use habitats that provide specialised food trees and like to nest in large Eucalypt hollows