...and then there were two!

Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
Last I remembered, I put a baby in bed, not a cockatoo.

This species is a large black cockatoo. Males have a deep red tail , with females sporting a red-orange tail. Males are sooty black, while females have glossier feathers with golden flecks.

Red-tailed black cockatoos live in open woodland, riparian woodland, savannah, mulga, mallee and rainforest. They can be found in the north of Australia, far west of Australia, north-central New South Wales, and Tasmania.


The Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo




















Side profile of a Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo











These birds are wary of people, although if you stand still the birds might ignore you.























This particular cockatoo was found just after he woke up from a deep slumber. He had been making noisy bird calls for about 10 minutes before we found him in an agitated state. We suspect he was hungry after the night fast.