Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Short-billed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) - HBW 4, p. 272
French: Cacatoès à rectrices blanches
German: Weißschwanz-Rußkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Fúnebre Piquicorta
Other common names: Slender-billed/White-tailed/Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo/Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby, 1948, Hopetoun, Western Australia.
Forms superspecies with C. funereus and C. baudinii. Long considered conspecific with C. baudinii, but currently treated as separate species because ecology also quite different, and bill significantly shorter than that of C. baudinii; difficulty in field identification, compounded by long history of conspecific treatment, have led to uncertainty regarding limits of range in area of overlap, and to publication of some inaccurate maps. Exhaustive analysis of all specimens available in superspecies suggested present species was so similar to South Australian C. fu.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with C. funereus and C. baudinii. Long considered conspecific with C. baudinii, but currently treated as separate species because ecology also quite different, and bill significantly shorter than that of C. baudinii; difficulty in field identification, compounded by long history of conspecific treatment, have led to uncertainty regarding limits of range in area of overlap, and to publication of some inaccurate maps. Exhaustive analysis of all specimens available in superspecies suggested present species was so similar to South Australian C. funereus that it might perhaps be treated as race of latter. Monotypic.
Distribution: Inland and coastal SW Australia, in 300-750 mm rainfall zone.
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Three birds feeding on a tree Locality Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 13 January 2005 7 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
Several birds drinking on river water. Locality Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 20 April 2005 4 years ago 52 sec 4.2 -
A pair on a branch. Locality Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 20 April 2005 4 years ago 40 sec 4.2 -
a huge flock flying & calling. Locality Yanchep National Park, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Janine Duffy 22 June 2012 40 weeks ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A pair showing beaking behaviour Locality Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 4 years ago 27 sec 3.5
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Portrait of a adult male.
Locality Belfast Zoo, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ireland (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 26 August 2012 38 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male feeding.
Locality Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 25 February 2013 11 weeks ago 4 -
Portrait of a adult female.
Locality Belfast Zoo, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ireland (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 26 August 2012 38 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird loafing in Eucalyptus tree.
Locality Ashby, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Graham Little 31 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male perched.
Locality Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 25 February 2013 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult feeding on Banksia seeds early morning.
Locality Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 2 March 2011 2 years ago 3.6
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A huge flock flying and calling. Locality Yanchep National Park, Western Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Janine Duffy 22 June 2012 15 weeks ago 4
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