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    (c) Marc Faucher, all rights reserved

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    (c) Tommy Osborne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) surfap, all rights reserved

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    (c) Ronald Orenstein, all rights reserved

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    (c) Dianne Clarke, all rights reserved

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    (c) QuestaGame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

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The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. 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. Five subspecies are recognised, differing most significantly in beak size. Although the more northerly subspecies are widespread, the two southern subspecies, the forest red-tailed...

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