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Glossy Black Cockatoo  

Also Known As: Glossy Cockatoo, Leach's Black Cockatoo, Leach's Red-tailed Cockatoo, Latham's Cockatoo, Casuarina Cockatoo
 
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Glossy Black Cockatoo pair

Credit: (c) Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
 
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Did You Know?
The Glossy Black Cockatoo has a different, more friendly personality (hand-raised birds) than its cousins the White-tailed and Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, which are more aloof.

Species Profile
Genus:
Calyptorhynchus

Species:
lathami

Size: Adult Weight:
48cm (18.7 in) 400-500g (14-17.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: C.l.lathami, C.l. halmaturinus, C.l. erebus

Colourization Adult:
C.l. lathami: male-head, neck and underparts red/brown; back and wings black; centre tail feathers black, side tail feathers with red band near end. Bill grey. Eye dark brown. Female-yellow feathers on head and neck; red tail band suffused with yellow and bisected by narrow black bars. Bill grey/horn coloured. C.l. halmaturinus: both adults similar to lathami but bill larger. C.l. erebus: both adults like lathami but bill smaller.

Colourization Juvenile:
C.l. lathami: sides of head spotted yellow and some yellow spots on upper and under wing coverts, mainly darker yellow in subadult males; lower underparts barred with soft yellow, more evident in subadult females; tail band like that of adult female, but darker red in subadult males. Bill horn coloured washed with grey at base. C.l. halmaturinus: like lathami, but bill larger. C.l. erebus: like lathami, but bill smaller.

Call: Call soft wailing or wheezing sound. Gutteral alarm call. Female soliciting food from male emits squeaking sound.

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Content Sources:

Bird Care http://birdcare.com.au/glossy_black_cockatoo.htm

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1394&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Guide to Incubation and Handraising Parrots, Digney, 1998.