Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami
Glossy Black-Cockatoo at Eden, NSW
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| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | Allan | 19 Mar 2020 |
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These were red tailed black cockatoos. Not sure if the were the glossy ones. They seemed to be a bit smaller than the normal red tailed black cockatoos. They also behaved a bit differently, maybe more "flighty"?
2 comments
20 Mar 2020
Thanks Jackie, yes, used to live up north and the normal red tailed ones were what we got all the time - no yellow tailed ones! Incidentally just before the first rains after the fires we had around 40 (estimate) flying around and drinking out of our dam. I've never seen them sitting on the ground like that, only usually in flight or trees, and yes seem to indicate rain on the way.
20 Mar 2020
Yes, I have only seem a few of these before and not in big numbers. Also I read somewhere they were rare, which is why I thought it important to put the sighting in and why I thought they may have just been ordinary red ones. Quite a few casuarina around here. My wife has lost faith in the rain story after the drought...😂😂
Location information
- Places Eden, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- Allan Recorded by
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Species information
- Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Scientific name
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -34.96m to 867m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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Was this a nesting or breeding site?
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