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palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
| Subject: | palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
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Date: 2014:07:21 07:46:41
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X (Canon)
F number: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/3200 sec
Focal Length: 800/1
Upload Date: 2017:04:18 23:06:19
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Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus flying to the nearby nest site. In Australia they are only found on the tip of Cape York so they are a bit rare.
Date 21 July 2014, 07:46
Source palm cockatoo 2
Author Jim Bendon from Karratha, Australia https://www.flickr.com/people/77524419@N03
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Probosciger_aterrimus,_Cape_York_2.jpg
The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, Aru Islands and Cape York Peninsula. It has a very large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Cacatuoidea
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Cacatuinae
Tribe: Microglossini
Genus: Probosciger
Species: Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788)
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Scientific Name: Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788)
Common Names: Palm Cockatoo, Goliath Cockatoo, Great Black Cockatoo
French: Cacatoès noir; German: Arakakadu; Spanish: Cacatúa enlutada
Taxonomy: Psittacus aterrimus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, New Holland = Aru Islands. |
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