Wikipedia: Baudin's black-cockatoo Source: WIKIPEDIA
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Observations
🔍 No documented observation
Description
Classification: Genus
Calyptorhynchus (
Calyptorhynchus); Family
Cockatoos (
Cacatuidae)
General:
Baudin's black cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), also known as Baudin's cockatoo or the long-billed black cockatoo, is a species of genus Zanda found in southwest Australia. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin. It has a short crest on the top of its head, and the plumage is mostly greyish black. It has prominent white cheek patches and a white tail band. The body feathers are edged with white giving a scalloped appearance. Adult males have a dark grey beak and pink eye-rings. Adult females have a bone coloured beak, grey eye-rings and ear patches that are paler than those of the males.
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