Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) - HBW 4, p. 271
French: Cacatoès de Latham
German: Biaunkopfkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Lustrosa
Other common names: Glossy Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus Lathami Temminck, 1807, Botany Bay, New South Wales.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erebus Schodde & Mason, 1993 - coastal CE Queensland.
- lathami (Temminck, 1807) - inland and coastal E Australia.
- halmaturinus Mathews, 1912 - Kangaroo I (South Australia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two males on a branch Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 12 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a male feeding on Allocasuarina cones Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 8 sec 4.5 -
A male making a short fly and drinking Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 7 sec 4.5 -
Two males drinking Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A female drinking Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 8 sec 4.3 -
A male moving between branches Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp erebus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2004 5 years ago 8 sec 4.2
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Male and female glossy black-cockatoo's perched in tree near Blue Mountains lookout.
Locality Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia (ssp Lathami)
cel_polo 25 January 2010 40 weeks ago 3 -
A pair feeding.
Locality Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia (ssp lathami)
Arthur Grosset 5 April 2006 2 years ago 2
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