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Subspecies Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami lathami (Temminck, 1807)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Schodde, R., Mason, I.J. & Wood, J.T. 1993. Geographical differentiation in the Glossy Black Cockatoo Calytorhynchus lathami (Temminck), and its history. The Emu 93: 156-166 [published Sept. 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 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)]] [162]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and near inland eastern Australia, north to Gympie-Chinchilla, QLD, south to E Gippsland, VIC, and west to the western outliers of the Great Dividing Range, from the headwaters of the Warrego and Darling River systems, QLD, in the north to the Cocoparra and Strathbogie Ranges and W Gippsland (Tarwin) in the south, NSW, VIC—formerly south-west to Port Phillip Bay, VIC, King Is. (subsp.?) and possibly TAS (subsp.?) in historic time—often regionally localised and rare to absent on higher parts and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range in the south.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, open scrub, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds almost exclusively on seeds harvested arboreally from large unripe cones of casuarina (Allocasuarina littoralis, A. torulosa, A. verticillata, A. cristata), flies through and above forest canopy with slow buoyant wing beats and protracted glides, roosts in small groups, nests in large tree hollows lined with wood chips, only female incubates and feeds yellow-downed chick, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Baird, R.F. 1986. Historical records of the Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami and Red-tailed Black Cockatoo C. magnificus in south-eastern Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 30: 38-45 (distribution)

Clout, M. 1989. Foraging behaviour of Glossy Black-Cockatoos. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 467-473 [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] (diet, energy budget, feeding behaviour and ecology)

Courtney, J. 1986. Plumage development and breeding biology of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami. Australian Bird Watcher 11: 261-273 (nidification, age classes)

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

Hyem, E.L. 1933. Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami). The Emu 33: 56-58 [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. 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)]] (nidification)

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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020 01-Sep-2014 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)