Palm Cockatoo
Palmer
Scientific name: Probosciger atterimus
Family: Cacauatuidae
Order: Pssitaciformes ...
Palm Cockatoos Cockatoos aka Black Palm Cockatoos
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Palm Cockatoos are native to the Cape York Peninsula of northern Australia, the Aru Islands, Papua New Guinea, and other surrounding smaller islands. The Palm Cockatoo is the only cockatoo species adapted to tropical rain forest habitat.
Palm Cockatoos
Physical Characteristics
The Cockatoo is a large (49 cm to 68 cm in length, 500-1100 grams in weight) predominately black bird with a spectacular backward curving erectile crest.
Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788)
Genus Calyptorhynchus
Subgenus Calyptorhynchus - black-and-red cockatoos ...
Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
Uvea parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis)
Raiatea parakeet (Cyanoramphus ulietanus)
St Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii)
Red-necked Amazon (Amazona arausiaca)
Grey-breasted parakeet (Pyrrhura griseipectus) ...
The cockatoos, crested parrots native to the Australian region, maybe pink, whites with yellow or scarlet crests, or dark plumage to, as is the great black and palm cockatoo. They eat insects and are also able to crack extremely hard nuts.
 See also: Cockatoo, Parakeet, Macaw, Galah, Little Corella
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