Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
Zanda funerea
Aves › Psittaciformes › Cacatuidae › Zanda
Conservation status: least_concern
This large cockatoo is native to the south-east of Australia. Its diet primarily includes seeds of native and introduced plants while also feeding on wood-boring grubs.
How To Identify
They possess primarily black feathers, contrasting sharply with brilliant yellow tail plumes and sometimes showing lighter coloration on the underside.
Habitat
It typically lives in open eucalyptus woodlands, forests, and sclerophyll forests along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Australia, from sea level to mountainous regions.
Behaviour
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos are highly social birds that forage in small flocks, using their powerful beaks to rip open tree bark and seed pods to extract insects, larvae, and seeds—their primary food sources.
Did You Know?
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos produce loud, distinctive wailing calls that can be heard from over a kilometer away, and they are known to hold their large curved bills open while vocalizing. These intelligent birds can live over 50 years in the wild and have been observed using tools to extract insects from tree bark.
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