Red-tailed Black Cockatoo/ Banksian Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii (prev.magnificus)


 

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The female Red-tailed Black Cockatoo has yellow spots on her black head and wings, yellow bars on her front and a barred red/orange tail. She has a light beak.
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Sometimes her tail is barred with yellow or orange instead of red, but the female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo has no barring or spots

Back of tail

Front of tail
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The adult male Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is completely black except for red patches on the front of his tail. He has a dark beak and no yellow spots/bars.
Like most black cockatoos, Red-tailed Black Cockatoos come from Australia.