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Black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A large noisy black cockatoo with yellow tail feathers and yellow cheeks.
A pair was found in tall forest and here is my best action shot.

Habitat:

Tall eucalypt forest.
Yarra Ranges National Park. Starling Gap.

Notes:

These are fairly common and will visit suburban yards to feed on certain trees bearing seed cones such as Hakea.

Reference Links:

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

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Comments (4)
MartinL
Its too cold for the red tailed black cockies down here. It seems like one or the other They are hard to capture in the tall forest. This one came close to screech at me and I was so happy to catch it in flight ;)
Christiane
Great shots.. We only have the red tailed here..
MartinL
Thanks Jae. They certainly did not stay long to pose so the action shot was about all I got.
Jae
Great actionshot, MartinL

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PublishedJuly 21, 2014

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