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Baudin's Black Cockatoo
Zanda baudinii (Lear, 1832)
Cacatuidae — Cockatoos
Baudin's Black Cockatoo, Zanda baudinii, is a cockatoo of south-west Australia, where it breeds in south-western Western Australia. It is a member of the family Cacatuidae and was described by Lear in 1832. This bird is marked by a short crest and a mainly greyish black plumage. It shows clear white cheek patches and a white band across the tail, while the feathers on the body have pale edges that give a scalloped look. Adult males have a dark grey bill and pink eye-rings, and females have a bone-coloured bill, grey eye-rings and paler ear patches.
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Cacatuidae — Cockatoos
- Breeding range
- Australasia: sw WA (sw Australia)
