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Yellow-tailed Black-CockatooAlternative names: "Funereal Black Cockatoo", "Black Cockatoo*" |
Sightings
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are not as common as other Cockatoos west of the dividing range. The first time we spotted one was 25 km west of Narrabri in 2003. Then we have seen a pair twice, on the northern edge of Jack's Creek State Forest, following Bohena Creek upstream, into the Pilliga Scrub (July 2005; photos 2 and 3 below), followed within weeks by two sightings 25 km west of Narrabri. Another sighting followed in August 2006, 20 km southwest of Narrabri.
Spotted in Coolah Tops National Park, 30 km east of Coolah, NSW, in May 2009.
Also spotted by us in Royal National Park, 20 km south of Sydney, in April 2006 and 30 km north of Sydney in July 2007. Next seen in Bald Rock National Park, northern New South Wales, in October 2007.
Photos
Lateral view of two Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos (click on image for larger version)
Rear view of a Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (click on image to see it preening itself)
Rear view of a female Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, displaying the yellow patches on its tail; note that these are patchy in themselves, not solid yellow (click on image for larger version)
Ever the practical joker... male Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo having fun chewing on the bark of a eucalypt tree
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo sighted 25 km southwest of Narrabri, New South Wales, in August 2006, in flight (click on image for full-size display)