Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) - HBW 4, p. 271
French: Cacatoès banksien
German: Rabenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Colirroja
Other common names: Banksian/Red-tailed Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus Banksii Latham, 1790, Endeavour River, Queensland.
Until recently, species name commonly given as C. magnificus because that name had several days’ seniority, but that description was based on illustration of immature female C. lathami. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- banksii (Latham, 1790) - tropical N Australia.
- macrorhynchus Gould, 1843 - NC & NE Australia.
- samueli Mathews, 1917 - CW to CE Australia.
- banksii (Latham, 1790) - tropical N Australia.
- macrorhynchus Gould, 1843 - NC & NE Australia.
- samueli Mathews, 1917 - CW to CE Australia.
- naso Gould, 1837 - forests of SW Australia.
- graptogyne Schodde et al., 1988 - forests of SE South Australia and SW Victoria.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Female eating gumnut. Locality Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kerry Stuart 22 February 2011 2 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
Yawn, scratch, sneeze. Locality Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kerry Stuart 22 February 2011 2 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A male erecting its crest and drinking Locality Pemberton, Western Australia, Australia (ssp naso)
Philip Griffin 8 January 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A quarrel of several birds in flight Locality Queensland, Australia
Max Roth 4 July 2005 4 years ago 49 sec 4.4 -
Female steals food from Male Locality Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kerry Stuart 22 February 2011 2 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
Female busy eating in tree. Locality Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kerry Stuart 22 February 2011 2 years ago 36 sec 4
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This female bird was part of a large group perching in palmtrees at beach.
Locality Daintree river, Queensland, Australia
Eric van Poppel 2 September 2011 41 weeks ago 4.6 -
In flight, seen from above
Locality East Point Reserve, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Peter Strauss 24 weeks ago 4.5 -
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia
becky1950 25 April 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
A female feeding.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 4 October 2012 33 weeks ago 4.2 -
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus). The Northern macrorhychus subspecies is common in Elsey Nati
Locality Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp macrorhynchus)
BirdExplorers 24 November 2007 1 year ago 4 -
close-up of a male bird
Locality Alice Springs Desert Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
marianhw 1 May 2010 3 years ago 4
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a male and a female bird calling Locality Healesville, Victoria, Australia
marianhw 13 June 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A female calling from a tree. Locality Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nick Talbot 11 November 2012 25 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by two birds. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 36 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of a pair. Locality Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
female bird calling, subspecies unknown Locality Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Mat Gilfedder 30 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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