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Baudin's Black Cockatoo  (Calyptorhynchus baudinii)

Also Known As: Black Cockatoo, White-tailed Black Cockatoo, White-tailed Cockatoo, Long-billed Black Cockatoo, Long-billed White-tailed Black Cockatoo
 
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Long-billed (Baudin’s) Black-Cockatoo, female

Credit: (c) Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
 
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Did You Know?
In spite of there being 10,000-15,000 Baudin's Black Cockatoos only 10% of those birds make up the breeding population.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
10,000-15,000

Range: SW Australia, north to Darling Range, east to longitude 117E.

Habitat:
Found in wet sclerophyll forests during breeding season, favouring karri. Outside breeding season may range to farmland, orchards and open woodland.

Threat Summary:
A quarter of this species' habitat has been cleared for agriculture and logging. Also threat from feral (non-native) bees infesting nest sites. Even though this bird has been protected since 1996 it is still illegally shot by farmers. Also loss of habitat due to mining.

IUCN Rating:
Endangered

Wild Diet:
Feeds on cones of Pinus sp. and shrubs. Also bull banksia, apples, pears and almonds from orchards, pomegranates and the nectar of Banksia and marri flowers, and sometimes the seeds of exotic species and those shed by trees burnt by wildfires. Also wood-boring grubs, mainly during the breeding season.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Is wary and difficult to approach. Sentinels alert groups of 50 or more birds that congregate to feed. Pair bond is permanent. Flocks in winter seen in parties of three with two adults and an immature.

Clutch and Egg Size:
1 or 2 ovate eggs, 50 x 34.5mm (2 x 1.3 in)

Breeding Season:
Between August and January.

More Info Sites:
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=769

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/action/birds2000/pubs/baudb-cockatoo.pdf

http://www.arkive.org/baudins-black-cockatoo/calyptorhynchus-baudinii/

http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/cockatoocare/baudins.asp