Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Black cockatoos are some of Australia’s rarest birds, and although they might have been the mascot for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in the wild, they are rarer than lions on the African continent, or even pandas. And they have unusually small beaks. Earlier in this article, we tackled about the red-tailed black cockatoo, now let us have its cousin, the yellow-tailed.
The yellow-tailed black cockatoo is a huge cockatoo that may grow up to 65 cm in length and is native to Australia’s south-east. On the top of its head, it bears a short crest. It has strong yellow cheek patches and a yellow tail band, and its plumage is predominantly brownish black. The body feathers have a scalloped appearance due to the yellow edges.