The yellow-tailed black cockatoo is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring 55–65 cm (22–26 in) in length. It has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly brownish black and it has prominent yellow cheek patches and a yellow tail band. The body feathers are edged with yellow giving a scalloped appearance. The adult male has a black beak and pinkish-red eye-rings, and the female has a bone-coloured beak and grey eye-rings. In flight, yellow-tailed black cockatoos flap deeply and slowly, with a peculiar heavy fluid motion. Their loud, wailing calls carry for long distances. The whiteae is found south of Victoria to the East of South Australia and is smaller in size. The yellow-tailed black cockatoo is found in temperate forests and forested areas across south and central eastern Queensland to southeastern South Australia, including a very small population persisting in the Eyre Peninsula. Two subspecies are recognised, although Tasmanian and southern mainland populations of the southern subspecies xanthanotus may be distinct enough from each other to bring the total to three. Birds of subspecies funereus have longer wings and tails and darker plumage overall, while those of xanthanotus have more prominent scalloping. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Shaw, G 1794)
Reference:
Nat. Miscellany
6 pl.186,text
Protonym:
Psittacus funereus
Type locality:
New Holland = New South Wales.)
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44515698
Avibase ID:
E6DFA7077084129A
Avibase ID:
avibase-E6DFA707
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E6DFA707
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177479
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cacatoès funèbre ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cacatoès funèbre ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Black Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2022: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Black Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Calyptorhynchus funereus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Calyptorhynchus funereus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Calyptorhynchus funereus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo ( Zanda funerea) [version 1] |
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calyptorhynchus funereus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calyptorhynchus funereus [version 1] |
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Species status: full species
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