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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Photo by BarbaraSing
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

A large, robust cockatoo with a black bill. Males are black with clear scarlet panels in their tail, while females have a paler bill, yellow spots on their head, neck and and wings. Females also have barred orange-yellow breast-feathers.

Habitat:

Boab tree in Savannah woodland near windmill water source.

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