Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) - HBW 4, p. 271
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 Enlarge map
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A bird is feeding on pal nuts on the ground. Locality Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 3 years ago 33 sec 4.5 -
A bird is feeding on a palm nut on a branch. Locality Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 3 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird an then three perched together Locality Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 5 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of the head of a bird, perched Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 1 July 2005 3 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
Two birds on a branch, both flying away Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp goliath)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 4 years ago 4 sec 3.2
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A portrait
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 August 2001 1 year ago 3.7 -
3 perched birds.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp stenolophus)
mehdhalaouate 7 September 2007 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird standing on a fence.
Locality Fort de Cock, Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp goliath)
Nadhifa 25 January 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
4 birds perched.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp stenolophus)
mehdhalaouate 9 September 2007 1 year ago 3
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