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Cockatoo, Glossy Black

Calyptorhynchus lathami


Occupies Eucalypt forests and woodlands containing Allocasuarina and Casuarina, feeding the fruit/nuts of these trees. Has quite a different call to the similar looking Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. The Glossy Black Cockatoo is not  commonly seen in this region reaching the northernmost limit of its east coast wanderings just south of Townsville.

Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Information sources: Photo taken by Karen Doyle at Hydeaway Bay, Whitsunday Coast, Sep 2020

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