#Black cockatoo breeds skin
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Woodlands and scrubs of semiarid interior of Western Australia, in non-breeding season wandering in flocks to coastal areas, especially pine plantations and Banksia woodlands.

Occurs in south-west north to lower Murchison and east to Nabawa, Wilroy, Waddi Forest, Manmanning, Durokoppin, Lake Cronin and just east of Condingup. Clutch 1–2 (usually only one young reared) and only the female incubates and broods the chick. Eggs laid on wood dust or chips at bottom of hollow from early July to December. Also Tuart, Flooded Gum and Karri as well as Bullich and Marri. Mainly in wheatbelt, in hollows of old smooth-barked eucalypts including Salmon Gum and Wandoo. Upper bill broader and shorter than Baudin's Cockatoo.

#Black cockatoo breeds skin

Like male but differs in having the ear coverts yellowish white bill greyish white or grey with a black tip and eye skin grey. Mostly brownish black, the feathers tipped with dusky white giving a scalloped appearance ear coverts dusky white white band towards tip of tail, broken in middle bill black bare skin around eye pink. Image copyright Keith Lightbody, WA Museum It has declined in the last 50 years due to habitat loss and destruction, especially large-scale clearing in much of the wheatbelt and Banksia and Tuart woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain. Usually in pairs or small flocks, occasionally large flocks or aggregations up to 5,000 in non-breeding season especially at pine plantations. It is uncommon to common in wetter parts of its range, scarce and patchily distributed in driest parts of range. “Endangered: under Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act”. “Listed Endangered: Schedule 1 – Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act”. Named in honour of oologist and naturalist Ivan Carnaby (1908–1974).

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Download Carnaby's Cockatoo factsheet Other namesĬarnaby's Black Cockatoo and Short-billed Black Cockatoo.