Calyptorhynchus banksii” The red-tailed black cockatoo, is the big black cockatoo native to Australia

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Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives the species its name.

It is more common in the drier parts of the continent.

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Five subspecies are recognised, differing chiefly in beak size.

Although the more northerly subspecies are widespread, the two southern subspecies, the forest red-tailed black cockatoo and the south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo are under threat.

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