Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus


 

Juvenile male - upper beak turned black; lower beak still light Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo female  

The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is the largest species of cockatoo, reaching 65 cm length (5 cm more than the Goliath).

It has a short crest and long tail and comes from east/southeast Australia.

 
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo male   
Males (above right) have a dark beak and pink eye-rings; females (above left) and juveniles have a light beak and grey eye-rings.
Females have less extensive but brighter yellow cheeks.		  

 

 

  
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - the nutcracker The nutcracker
Cracking an almond nut takes time and skill  Held with tongue and "hand" leaves beak free to work on shell She changes "hand"
The nutcracker The nutcracker Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo female
Still held firmly with tongue and "hand" while beak digs in Success at last - she breaks the shell open and prises out the nut
     
 
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