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Species Zanda baudinii Lear, 1832

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-cockatoo

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extreme SW Australia, north to Darling Range (to latitude of Perth) and in south east to Albany.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds arboreally mainly on seeds of Marri (Eucalyptus calophylla) in tall jarrah-karri forests, flies over forest canopy with slow buoyant wing beats and protracted glides, roosts in groups, nests in large tree hollows lined with wood chips, only female incubates and feeds whitish-downed chicks, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Carnaby, I.C. 1948. Variation in the White-tailed Black Cockatoo. Western Australian Naturalist 1: 136-138 [For publication date 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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Carnaby, I.C. 1948. Variation in the White-tailed Black Cockatoo. Western Australian Naturalist 1: 136-138 [For publication date 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] (systematics, ecology)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Ford, J. 1987. Hybrid zones in Australian birds. The Emu 87: 158-178 [Appendix] (synonymy)

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Saunders, D.A. 1974. Subspeciation in the White-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii, in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 1: 55-69 [publication date Mathews, G.M. 1920. Dates of ornithological works. Austral Avian Records 4: 1–27 (cf. Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. [288]; 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)] (systematics, feeding)

Saunders, D.A. 1974. Subspeciation in the White-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii, in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 1: 55-69 [publication date Mathews, G.M. 1920. Dates of ornithological works. Austral Avian Records 4: 1–27 (cf. Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. [288]; 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)] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Saunders, D.A. 1974. The occurrence of the White-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii, in Pinus plantations in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 1: 45-54 (diet, feeding)

Saunders, D.A. 1979. Distribution and taxonomy of the white-tailed and yellow-tailed black-cockatoos Calyptorhynchus spp. The Emu 79: 215-227 (systematics, morphology, distribution, diet)

Saunders, D.A. & Campbell, N.A. 1976. Morphological variation in the White-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii, in Western Australia: a multivariate approach. Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 589-595 (morphological differentiation)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (synonymy)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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 20-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
22-Mar-2011 MODIFIED