Subspecies Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii banksii (Latham, 1790)

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• Psittacus banksii Latham, J. 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. London : Leigh & Sotheby Vol. 1 & 2 xviii 920 pp. [107].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (possibly Leverian Mus. cat. no. 311 in NHMW ♀, figured on Sydney Parkinson drawing no. 10 in BMNH), Endeavour River, QLD (as nova Hollandia maris pacifici).

  Type locality references:

  Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. [15 cf. 574] (Ford, J. 1980. Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. Emu 80: 103–120).

  Secondary source:

   Latham, J. 1787. Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh & Sotheby iii 298 pp. 109-119 pls. [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440]; von Pelzeln, A. 1873. On the birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna obtained from the Leverian Museum. Ibis 3 3: 14-54; Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.; Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2.; Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 1. pp. 1-104 pls 275-282. [Date published 22 Nov. 1916: publication dated as 1916–1917]; Mathews, G.M. 1927. Points of nomenclature. The Emu 26: 222-224; Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp.; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.; Parry, V.A. in Schodde, R. & Tidemann, S.C. (consultant eds) 1986. Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds. Sydney : Readers' Digest Services Edn 2. 639 pp.; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1996. Opinion 1833. Psittacus banksii Latham, 1790 and P. lathami Temminck, 1807 (currently Clayptorhynchus banksii and C. lathami; Aves, Psittaciformes): specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(1): 74-75.
• Psittacus leachii Kuhl, H. 1820. Conspectus Psittacorum. Cum specierum definitionibus, novarum descriptionibus, synonymis et circa patriam singularum naturalem adversariis, adjecto indice museorum, ubi earum artificiosae exuviae servantur. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 1-104 pls I-III [91] [as Leachii; both original description and its accompanying figure (t. III), representing one of the syntypes, are identifiable with an adult male Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790); for identification of syntype in BMNH, see Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.: as the only traced type of established identity (I.C.J. Galbraith, pers. comm.), it is chosen here as the lectotype—this specimen is of the northeast Australian (NE NSW, E QLD) form judged by its large size and moderate bill with unstepped or un-notched inside tip to the maxilla; type locality cited as Port Jackson by Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp., information taken, nevertheless, from references to the distribution of the objective synonym Psittacus cookii Temminck, 1821 in its original description (q.v.)—as Temminck's circumscription of cookii also includes Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807), which is the only species of red-tailed black cockatoo confirmed as occurring about Port Jackson, Warren's specification of the type locality of leachii Kuhl is not transferred to the lectotype chosen here].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1863.7.6.la ♂ adult (ex Linn. Soc. Lond. Museum), east coast of N NSW-QLD (as Nova Hollandia).
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown (ex W. Bullock Museum, dispersed, ?MNHP (ex Museum Laugier)).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [76].

  Type locality references:

  Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [76].

  Secondary source:

   Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.
• Psittacus cookii Temminck, C.J. 1821. Account of some new species of birds of the genera Psittacus and Columba, in the Museum of the Linnean Society. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 107-130 [publication dated as 1822] [111] [as Cookii; based by description on adult males of Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790) and Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807), including Psittacus banksii var. gamma Latham, 1790 (=Psittacus banksii fuscus Kerr, 1792 =Psittacus lathami Temminck, 1807, q.v.)—accordingly, the female syntype identified in BMNH by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (113) doubtfully applies to this name, cf. Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. (414); Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105–216 pls 283–290 [6 Feb. 1917 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] (106); the male syntype identified in BMNH by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (110) and Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. has been confirmed as a male Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790) by I.C.J. Galbraith (pers. comm.)—it was chosen as the lectotype of Psittacus cookii Temminck, 1821 by Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105–216 pls 283–290 [6 Feb. 1917 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] to restrict application of the name to one of the nominal species with which it had been confused; this specimen is also lectotype of Psittacus leachii Kuhl, 1820 (q.v.); for limitation of type locality, see Psittacus leachii Kuhl, 1820].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1863.7.6. la ♂ adult, east coast of N NSW-QLD (as Nouvelle Hollande … la côte orientale, dans les environs de Port Jackson).
  Paralectotype(s) (= type of Psittacus banksii fuscus Kerr, 1792 (q.v.)).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105-216 pls 283-290. [Date published 6 Feb. 1917: Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] [106].

  Type locality references:

  Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [77].

  Secondary source:

   Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.; Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.; Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2.; Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105-216 pls 283-290. [Date published 6 Feb. 1917: Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.]; Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105-216 pls 283-290. [Date published 6 Feb. 1917: Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.]; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.
• Psittacus niger Jennings, J. 1827. Ornithologia; or The Birds: a poem, in two parts; with an introduction to their natural history; and copious notes. London : Poole & Edwards xxix 468 pp. [publication dated as 1828 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B] [399] [junior homonym of Psittacus niger Linnaeus, 1758 (=Coracopsis nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)) and Psittacus niger crist. Pennant, 1781 (=Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788)); nom. nov. for Psittacus cookii Temminck, 1821, but name unavailable, not being treated as valid when proposed, see ICZN Art. 11(d); for details of publication, see Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1922. An extraordinary bird book. Austral Avian Records 4: 172–175 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) (contrasting opinion) Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]].

  Secondary source:

   Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1922. An extraordinary bird book. Austral Avian Records 4: 172-175 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) (contrasting opinion) Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)].
• Banksianus australis Lesson, R.P. 1830. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. 1 xxxii 659 pp., Vol. 2 (Atlas) xii 119. [Date published July 1830: Livr. 3, July 1830, dated 1831; Livr. 6 published 1831] [180] [figured on pl. 18, fig. 2 in Atlas (Vol. 2) accompanying original description; both figure, description and its references are a composite involving Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790), C. lathami (Temminck, 1807) and C. funereus (Shaw, 1794), such that Banksianus australis Lesson has been listed in the synonymies of all three of these species or referred only to the first, see Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls; RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp.; Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia Pt 1 Non-passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.; restriction of the name Banksianus australis Lesson to Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790) alone is effected here by selecting as its lectotype the holotype of Psittacus banksii Latham, 1790, one of the names cited in synonymy in the protologue of Banksianus australis Lesson].

  Type data:

   Lectotype (= type of Psittacus banksii Latham, 1790 q.v.), Endeavour River, QLD (as Nouvelle-Galles du Sud).
  Paralectotype(s) (= type of Psittacus funereus Shaw, 1794 (q.v.) and type of Psittacus banksii fuscus Kerr, 1792 (q.v.)).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [77].

  Type locality references:

  Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. [15 cf. 574].

  Secondary source:

   Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.; RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp.; Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.
• Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchus Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131-140 [Date published Feb 1843: publication dated 1842] [138] [based on adult male and female; ANSP 22193, a male from Port Essington, is identified as type (=lectotype) by Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129–180, but this specimen is evidently the male figured later on plate 8 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 5 92 pls pp. [published Sept. 1841], see Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246: there Gould records 'examples' from Port Essington without linking any specifically to the original description of macrorhynchus].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ adults, Port Essington, NT
  Comment: Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246 does not confirm any type material in ANSP.

  Type locality references:

  Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 109: 123-246.

  Secondary source:

   Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls. [published Sept. 1841]; Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129-180 [Date published 28 Feb 1913]; Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 109: 123-246.
• Calyptorhynchus banksii northi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [262].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AMNH 619438 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Coomooboolaroo, c. 30 km WSW of Duaringa, QLD (as Queensland, cf. Mathews (1913) (as Dawson River)); AMNH 619439 (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Coomooboolaroo, c. 30 km WSW of Duaringa, QLD (as Queensland, cf. Mathews (1913) (as Dawson River)); AMNH 619440 (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Coomooboolaroo, c. 30 km WSW of Duaringa, QLD (as Queensland, cf. Mathews (1913) (as Dawson River))
  Comment: for identification and locality of syntypes, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

  Type locality references:

  Mathews, G.M. 1913. A List of the Birds of Australia containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author. London : Witherby xxvii 453 pp.; Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306.
• Calyptorhynchus banksii fitzroyi Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [35] [published anonymously—authorship credited in Austral Avian Rec. 1: 65].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 619393 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 9407), Marngle Creek, Fitzroy River, northwest Australia (as Fitzroy River)
  Comment: for identification and locality of holotype, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

  Type locality references:

  Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [77]
• Ewart, K.M., Lo, N., Ogden, R., Joseph, L., Ho, S.Y.W., Frankham, G.J., Eldridge, M.D.B., Schodde, R. & Johnson, R.N. 2020. Phylogeography of the iconic Australian red-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) and implications for its conservation. Heredity 125: 85-100 [95] (C. macrorhynchus as synonym of C. banksii)

Introduction

The type designation of Psittacus banksii Latham, 1790 is based on the Bankian [sic] Cockatoo in Latham (1787: 63–64, pl. 109), and on black cockatoos recorded at the Endeavour River, QLD, in July 1770 by Parry (in Schodde, R. & Tidemann, S.C. 1986) and by Cook (1773) (reference not confirmed)—these records in turn are based wholly or in part on a female collected and brought back to England by Joseph Banks and evidently figured on plate 10 of the Parkinson drawings in BMNH, see Latham (1787). varieties ß and gamma in the original description of banksii Latham are excluded here as they evidently apply instead to Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807) (q.v.), see ICZN Art. 72(b)(i); for identification of possible holotype of Psittacus banksii Latham, 1790, see von Pelzeln, A. 1873. the identification of BMNH 1863.7.7.53 as type by Salvadori, T. 1891. has been rejected by Warren (1966).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and near inland NE Australia, north and north-west to central Cape York Peninsula and lower Norman-Flinders Rivers, QLD, inland on western scarps of the Great Dividing Range to headwaters of Lake Eyre and Darling River drainages (Darling Downs), and south very erratically to coastal NE NSW (Clarence River catchment)—also larger islands of E QLD coast; originally south-east to at least Hunter River valley (Port Stephens), NSW, but now extinct there—historical records from further south in coastal NSW appear to be of misidentified Calyptorhynchus lathami (Temminck, 1807).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, mangrove, nomadic, open forest, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds on seeds and nuts both in trees (mainly bloodwoods, Eucalyptus) and on ground, flies above forest-woodland canopy with slow buoyant wing beats and protracted glides, roosts in loose groups, nests in large hollows lined with wood chips, only female incubates and feeds yellow-downed chick, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources.

General References

Cook, J. 1773. An Account of the Voyages under taken by the Order of his present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook. London : J. Hawkesworth 2 p. 18. [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 Mathews, G.M. 1914. Note on Platycercus (haematogaster), Gould. South Australian Ornithologist 1(2): 15–17]

Ford, J. 1980. Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. The Emu 80: 103-120 (distribution, ecology, morphology, systematics)

Latham, J. 1787. Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh & Sotheby iii 298 pp. 109-119 pls. [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440]

Llewellyn, L.C. 1974. New records of red-tailed black cockatoos in south-eastern Australia with a discussion of their plumages. The Emu 74: 249-253 [publication date Mathews, G.M. 1920. Dates of ornithological works. Austral Avian Records 4: 1–27 Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]] (distribution, plumages)

Parry, V.A. in Schodde, R. & Tidemann, S.C. (consultant eds) 1986. Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds. Sydney : Readers' Digest Services Edn 2. 639 pp.

Pratt, E.K. 1973. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo in north-eastern New South Wales. Australian Birds 14: 36-37 [Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]] (diet, distribution)

History of changes