Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo

Zanda funerea

Bird Life Native IUCN: Least Concern

About

A common noisey bird in the area often found along the roads in the pine trees and locally in the Coastal Wattles

Identification

Body black with yellow patches on the ear (larger in females than males), tail and edges of feathers. Bill dark grey (males) or light grey (females). Circle around the eye pink (males) or dark grey (females)

Size

Bill to tail length up to 65 cm

Habitat

Wet forests, woodlands and pine forests

Distribution

South-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania

Calls & Sounds

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo · Zanda funerea

🎙️ Marc Anderson via 4

Local Sightings

2 recorded sightings in and around the area.

References & citations (3)
  1. Adams, A. (2016) Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo in Museums Victoria Collections (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
  2. The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
  3. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)

Header image: (CC BY-NC 4.0) © Alan Melville

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