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🌏 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea) #AustralianBirds | #YellowTailedBlackCockatoo #ZandaFunerea | #BlackCockatoos #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots 📷: Photo by ChiemSeherin🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea) The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is a large, brownish-black bird with a short crest, distinctive yellow cheek patches, and a yellow tail band. It is distributed across southeastern Australia, including Tasmania, favouring eucalypt woodlands and forests. These cockatoos are diurnal, social, and often noisy, seen in pairs or flocks. Their flight is characterized by slow, deep wingbeats, and they primarily feed on seeds and wood-boring grubs. Two to three subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Their most distinctive sound is a high-pitched, mournful, and drawn-out "kee-ow... kee-ow" call, which is often described as sounding like a rusty gate or a wailing cry. This call can carry over long distances. 📷: Photo by ChiemSeherin via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/yellow-boring-black-cockatoo-cockatoo-9959679/ BAXO
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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🌏 Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) #AustralianBirds | #Cockatiel #Weero #Weiro #Quarrion #NymphicusHollandicus | #Cockatiels #CockatooFamily #OldWorldParrots #Parrots 📷: Photo via Pixabay🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) The Cockatiel is a slender, crested Australian parrot, typically grey with a yellow face, white wing patches, and distinctive round orange cheek patches. Males have brighter yellow faces. They are widespread across mainland Australia's open, arid to semi-arid regions, usually near water. They are highly social, nomadic birds, often seen in pairs or flocks, moving to areas with available food and water. Their expressive crest signals their mood. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Cockatiel is the smallest member of the Cockatoo family, a fact that was only confirmed through molecular studies after they were initially thought to be a type of parakeet. 📷: Photo by Unknown via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/nature-wildlife-bird-animal-small-3061742/ OLHH
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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New addition! 🌏 Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) #AustralianBirds | #LongBilledCorella #SlenderBilledCorella #LongBilledCockatoo #CacatuaTenuirostris | #Corellas #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots 📷: Photo by davidkevork🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) The Long-billed Corella, also known as the Slender-billed Corella, or Long-billed Cockatoo, is a medium-sized white cockatoo with a distinctive long, pale upper bill and splashes of reddish-pink on its face and upper breast. Native to southeastern Australia (Victoria and NSW). It is highly social, often foraging in large, noisy flocks on the ground for roots, bulbs, and seeds, using its specialized bill to dig. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Long-billed Corellas are often regarded as the best "talkers" among Australian cockatoos, having a remarkable ability to mimic human words with impressive clarity. 📷: Photo by davidkevork via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/long-billed-corella-corella-nature-9699203/ SAHD
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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New addition! 🌏 Western corella (Cacatua pastinator) #AustralianBirds | #WesternCorella #WesternLongBilledCorella #CacatuaPastinator | #Corellas #WhiteCockatoos #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots 📷: Photo by Gaz_Chapp🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Western corella (Cacatua pastinator) The western corella, also known as the western long-billed corella, is a white cockatoo endemic to southwestern Australia. It features a long, pointed bill, a short, erect white crest, and a pinkish patch between the eyes. Its underwings display a pale yellow hue. Western corellas inhabit farmlands and river valleys, often forming large, noisy flocks. Their diet consists primarily of corms and seeds. They can be seen moving between feeding locations, and are well known for their loud calls. Two subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Gaz_Chapp via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/wildlife-animals-nature-birds-4444423/ YDVP
March 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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🌏 Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) #AustralianBirds | #GangGangCockatoo #CallocephalonFimbriatum | #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots 📷: Photo by AmyJo_Freelance_Artist🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) Gang-gang cockatoos are stocky, mostly grey parrots with a wispy crest. Males sport a distinctive scarlet head and crest, while females have a grey head and crest with pink and yellow feather edges underneath. Their call is a unique, creaking or grating sound. Gang-gang cockatoos inhabit the cooler, wetter forests and woodlands of south-eastern Australia, including alpine regions, moving to lower altitudes and more open woodlands in winter. Often seen in small groups, they can form larger flocks when foraging for seeds, berries, fruits, nuts, and insect larvae, mostly in trees. They are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. No subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by AmyJo_Freelance_Artist via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-gang-gang-australia-red-3922050/ IEYW
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🌏 Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) #AustralianBirds | #Galah #RoseBreastedCockatoo #PinkAndGreyGalah #EolophusRoseicapilla | #Galahs #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots 📷: Photo by pen_ash🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) The Galah (also sometimes known as the Rose-breasted cockatoo, or Pink and Grey Galah), is a strikingly beautiful cockatoo, about 35cm long, with a pale silver-grey back and a vibrant pink face and breast, topped with a light pink crest. It's widely distributed across mainland Australia, inhabiting various open environments, including urban areas. Highly social, Galahs form large, noisy flocks, often seen foraging on the ground for seeds. They exhibit playful and acrobatic behaviours, sometimes stripping leaves from trees. 2.5 Flash (Edited) No subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by pen_ash via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/galah-bird-perched-animal-feathers-6832309/ PWDH
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM