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 (Mathews, 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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Several kinds of calls of a bird. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 2 years ago 4
A male bird calling while feeding in a tree. Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (ssp funereus)
Nick Talbot 24 October 2011 1 year ago 3
Click to play A flock of birds flying by Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Anita Goldinger 9 September 2012 35 weeks ago 0