Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) - HBW 4, p. 272
French: Cacatoès funèbre
German: Gelbschwanz-Rußkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Fúnebre Coliamarilla
Other common names: Funereal/Yellow-eared/Common Black-cockatoo, Black/Yellow-tailed Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus funereus Shaw, 1794, New South Wales.
Forms superspecies with C. latirostris and C. baudinii; has been considered conspecific with former, and occasionally with latter. Southern races considered by some to form a megasubspecies. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- funereus (Shaw, 1794) - EC Queensland (Emerald) S to E Victoria.
- whiteae , 1912 - S Victoria to Eyre Peninsula (SC South Australia), including Kangaroo I.
- xanthonotus Gould, 1838 - Tasmania and islands of Bass Strait.
- Least Concern
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A male feeding on cones of the introduced Monterey pine Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp funereus)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 July 2003 3 years ago 49 sec 4.7 -
A female feeding on cones of the introduced Monterey pine Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp funereus)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 July 2003 3 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
A male biting off a branch to reach the cones of the introduced Monterey pine Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp funereus)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 July 2003 3 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding a female Horsham, Victoria, Australia (ssp whiteae)
Philip Griffin 19 October 2005 4 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
A male sitting in the top of a tree. Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp funereus)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2008 1 year ago 23 sec 4 -
A male in a tree, feeding Tura Beach Flora and Fauna Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (ssp funereus)
Matt Weeks 28 December 2004 3 years ago 13 sec 4
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo feeding Caloundra Headland, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo feeding Caloundra Headland, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 10 weeks ago 3.7 -
resting on the branch Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Bogdan Krajewski 13 March 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.2 -
Bird in aviary Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2008 38 weeks ago 2
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