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Palm Cockatoo

(Probisciger aterrimus)
Alternate name(s): "Cape York Cockatoo", "Great Palm Cockatoo",
"Great Black Cockatoo", "Goliath Cockatoo"

Size: 55-65 cm
Weight: 900-1050 g (male), 710-765 g (female)
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Palm Cockatoo at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "macgillivrayi"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, Cape York peninsula, QLD, December 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, Cape York peninsula, QLD, December 2018]

Lateral/ventral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, Cape York peninsula, QLD, December 2018]

Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Palm Cockatoo (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Pair(?) of Palm Cockatoos (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a pair(?) of Palm Cockatoos (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Breeding information

Breeding season: Aug - Feb Eggs: 1 Incubation period: Ca. 35 days Fledging age: 90 - 120 days

Nest

"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal]

Type: Tree hollow Material: Twigs Height above ground: ?

Pair of Palm Cockatoos at the entrance to their nest hollow (photo courtesy of C. Zdenek, @CNZdenek)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, September 2014]

Eggs

"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay]

Size: 50 x 36 mm Colour: Dull white Shape: Tapered oval

Food, Diet

Palm Cockatoo enjoying breakfast (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Palm Cockatoo enjoying breakfast (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chili Beach, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

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