Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
French: Cacatoès noir German: Arakakadu Spanish: Cacatúa Enlutada
Other common names: Great Palm/Great Black/Goliath Cockatoo
Taxonomy:
Psittacus aterrimus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, New Holland = Aru Islands.
Monospecific genus. Original type locality probably based on faulty citation of Latham referring to another species of cockatoo. Proposed races alecto of west Papuan islands and intermedius of Aru Islands nowadays considered invalid. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- stenolophus (van Oort, 1911) - N & E New Guinea and Yapen I.
- goliath (Kuhl, 1820) - W Papuan Is and W, C and possibly SE New Guinea.
- aterrimus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Misool and Aru Is, and S Trans-Fly (S New Guinea); also Cape York, Australia.
- Least Concern
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A bird is feeding on pal nuts on the ground. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 1 year ago 33 sec 4.5 -
A bird is feeding on a palm nut on a branch. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 1 year ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird an then three perched together Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 3 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of the head of a bird, perched Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 3 years ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 1 year ago 36 sec 3.8 -
Two birds on a branch, both flying away Kiunga, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea (goliath)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 3 years ago 4 sec 3.2
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A bird standing on a fence. Fort de Cock, Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra, Sumatra (Indonesia) (goliath)
Nadhifa 25 January 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
3 perched birds. Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (stenolophus)
mehdhalaouate 7 September 2007 4 weeks ago 3.7 -
4 birds perched. Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (stenolophus)
mehdhalaouate 9 September 2007 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2
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