Subspecies Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912)
- Solenoglossus aterrimus macgillivrayi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [261].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 619323 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 971), Cape York, N QLD
Comment: for identification 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.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
N coastal and subcoastal Cape York Peninsula, south to Archer-Holroyd Rivers on west coast and Princess Charlotte Bay (Stewart River) on east, straggling rarely to mainland, SW islands in Torres Strait—also adjacent S New Guinea(?).
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, open forest, sedentary, tall forest, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic (bill), in eucalypt forests and woodlands and fringing gallery rainforests, roosts in loose groups, feeds arboreally on nuts husked from woody fruits, flies above forest canopy with regular cacatuine wing-beats with little gliding, nests in large hollows lined with wood chips, clutch of one, both parents incubate and feed grey-downed chick.
General References
D'Ombrain, E.A. 1933. Notes on the Great Black Palm Cockatoo. The Emu 33: 114-121 (plumages, grooming, feeding, voice, breeding)
Forshaw, J.M. 1964. Some field observations on the Great Palm Cockatoo. The Emu 63: 327-331 (habitat, roosting, flight, voice, feeding)
Holyoak, D.T. 1972. Adaptive significance of bill shape in the Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Aviculture Magazine 78: 99-100 (method of feeding)
Muller, K.A. 1975. Propagation of the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus at Taronga Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 15: 108-111 (nidification)
Wood, G.A. 1984. Tool use by the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus during display. Corella 8: 94-95 (behaviour)
Wood, G.A. 1988. Further field observations of the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus in the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Corella 12: 48-52 (behaviour, ecology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Feb-2012 | 29-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |