Palm cockatoo

Palm cockatoo
Palm cockatoo in Lockhart River, Queensland
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Probosciger
Kuhl, 1820
Species:
P. aterrimus
Binomial name
Probosciger aterrimus
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Subspecies

P. a. aterrimus [Gmelin 1788]
P. a. goliath [Kuhl 1820]
P. a. macgillivrayi [Mathews 1927]
P. a. stenolophus [van Ort 1911]

Australian palm cockatoo range (in green)

The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large, smoky-grey/black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.[3][4] It has a crest of long feathers atop its head, with a very large and strong, sharply-hooked black beak (with which it can easily open nuts and seeds), and prominent bright-red cheek patches.[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2023). "Probosciger aterrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T22684723A221314898. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ioc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Species profile—Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (palm cockatoo)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ Thane K. Pratt; Bruce M. Beehler (2015). Birds of New Guinea: Second Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780691095639.