Cooper Alexander Editions, Robina, Queensland. pp 57-70 in: Australian Parrots / Joseph M. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus (Shaw). Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney. Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds (2nd Edition). Angus and Robertson/National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife, Sydney. The males have red or orange stripes on their tails and the adult females have yellow patches on their heads. Usually only one chick survives, and this will stay in the care of its parents for about six months. Glossy black cockatoos are the smallest of Australia’s black cockatoo species. The female alone incubates the eggs, while the male supplies her with food. ( Flickr: Richard Fisher, CC 2. Both sexes construct the nest, which is a large tree hollow, lined with wood chips. Glossy black cockatoos were almost wiped out in the Shoalhaven during the Black Summer fires. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos have a long breeding season, which varies throughout their range. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is found in south-eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia to south and central eastern Queensland. Small to large flocks can be seen in these areas, either perched or flying on slowly flapping wings. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo inhabits a variety of habitat types, but favours eucalypt woodland and pine plantations. Young birds resemble the adult female, but young males have a smaller cheek patch. An 11-year-old boy's campaign to save the habitat of the vulnerable glossy black cockatoo is highlighting shortcomings in federal threatened species laws. The female has a larger yellow cheek patch, pale grey eye-ring (pink in males), white upper bill (grey-black in males) and black marks in the yellow tail panels. It has a yellow cheek patch and yellow panels on the tail. It is easily identified by its mostly black plumage, with most body feathers edged with yellow, not visible at a distance. The glossy black-cockatoo feeds exclusively on the nuts of the native tree Allocasuarina diminuta, commonly known as she-oaks, a species found in the Conimbla National Park near Cowra. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a large cockatoo. Adult females have extensive yellow patches on the head and neck and the tail panels. Of all the black-cockatoo species the Glossy Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest at 46-50cm in length. The crest is small and inconspicuous and the bill is broad and bulbous. It has a brown-black head, neck and underparts, with red or orange-red tail panels and an otherwise dull black body. In recent years it has been in rapid decline because of native habitat clearance, with a loss of food supply and nest sites. The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is the smallest of the five black-cockatoos. The Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo is one of five species of Black-Cockatoo in Australia.
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