Bibliography for Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788)

• Buffon, G.L. 1783. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale Vol. VII xii 435 pp. 142 pls.
• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.
• D'Ombrain, E.A. 1933. Notes on the Great Black Palm Cockatoo. The Emu 33: 114-121
• Edwards, G. 1764. Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, & c. Most of which have not, till now, been either Figured or Described. London : G. Edwards Part 3 vii 221-347 pp., pls 311-362.
• Forshaw, J.M. 1964. Some field observations on the Great Palm Cockatoo. The Emu 63: 327-331
• Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls.
• Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(1) 1-500 pp. [For publication date Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84]
• 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
• Holyoak, D.T. 1972. Adaptive significance of bill shape in the Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Aviculture Magazine 78: 99-100
• Latham, J. 1781. A General Synopsis of Birds. London : B. White Vol. 1 vi 416 pp. 16 pls.
• Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1-22 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1913. New generic names, with some notes on others. Austral Avian Records 2: 55–62]
• Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912]
• 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]
• Mayr, E. 1937. Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. XXXVI Notes on New Guinea Birds. III. American Museum Novitates 947: 1-11
• Mees, G.F. 1957. Over het belang van Temminck's "Discours préliminaire" voor de zoologische nomenclatuur. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 35: 205-227
• Mees, G.F. 1982. Birds from the lowlands of southern New Guinea (Merauke and Koembe). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 191: 1-188 4 pls
• Muller, K.A. 1975. Propagation of the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus at Taronga Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 15: 108-111
• Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1915. Report on the birds collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Ibis 2(Jubilee Suppl.): xx 1-329
• Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.
• Rothschild, W. & Hartert, E. 1913. List of the collection of birds made by Albert S. Meek in the lower ranges of the Snow Mountains on the Eilanden River, and on Mt. Goliath during the years 1910 and 1911. Novitates Zoologicae 20: 473-527
• 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.
• 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.
• Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998. CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing iii 124 pp.
• van Oort, E.D. 1911. An undescribed form of Microglossus aterrimus. Notes from the Leyden Museum 33: 239-240
• Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp.
• Wood, G.A. 1984. Tool use by the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus during display. Corella 8: 94-95
• Wood, G.A. 1988. Further field observations of the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus in the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Corella 12: 48-52

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