Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
calyptorhynchus. funereus
Length: 55-70cms/22-28 inches
Weight: 570-870 grams
Life span: 60+ years
Incubation: 28-30 days
Age at weaning: 12-14 weeks
Age at maturity: 4 years
Natural habitat: Australia
The Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo can be found in Australia, mostly South Eastern Australia favouring Eucalyptus and pine forests, where they can be seen flying in large noisy flocks. Unlike some Cockatoos the Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo is shy and will avoid human contact. Their call is a high pitched screech, they also have an eerie cry.
Their diet consists of tree seeds, fruit, nuts, grass seed, insects and their larvae. They are also known to eat fungus found under the bark of trees and to raid farmers crops, they are known as a pest in most parts of Australia.
They nest high up in tree hollows, they line their nest with wood chips which they have first chewed. A normal clutch is 2 eggs. After the chicks are fledged they fly with their parents for several months.
The plumage of a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo is mostly black faintly edged with yellow. They have a yellow cheek patch and a yellow and black tail. The male has a dark grey/black beak and black patterns on the yellow markings in their tail. The females upper beak is a lighter grey colour and their cheek patches are larger and brighter than the males.
Interesting fact: The first egg from a clutch is larger than the second, which follows 4-7 days after the first. The second chick is often neglected and dies, especially if food is scarce.
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