Red-tailed Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo, Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia, October 2013 - click for larger image Australia

The Red-tailed Black-cockatoo is distributed in large parts of Australia apart from the south-east and much of the centre and south. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a variety of different habitats depending in part on the sub-species. The nominate sub-species from north-east Australia seen here in photos 2 to 4 is found in forest while the sub-species C. b. macrorhynchus (photo 1) from the tropical noreth Australia is found in woodland.
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo, Lakefield NP, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image This was the first Australian parrot to be illustrated by a European. Joseph Bank's draughtsman, Sydney Parkinson, drew a pencil sketch of a female in 1770. The male is all black except for a bright red band near the end of the tail. The female, photos 2 and 3, is browny-black with yellow specks on the head, neck and shoulders. The tail is more orange-red.
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo, Lakefield NP, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo, Lakefield NP, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image
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