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Calyptorhynchus lathami (Glossy Black Cockatoo)

Synonyms: Psittacus lathami (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in Australia. Adult glossy black cockatoos may reach 50 cm (19.5 in) in length. They are sexually dimorphic. Males are blackish brown in colour, except their prominent red tail bands; the females are dark brownish with some yellow spotting. Three subspecies are recognised.
View Wikipedia Record: Calyptorhynchus lathami

Infraspecies

Calyptorhynchus lathami erebus
Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus
Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Calyptorhynchus lathami

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.5321
EDGE Score: 2.44514
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  434 grams
Birth Weight [2]  27 grams
Female Weight [1]  405 grams
Male Weight [1]  1.021 lbs (463 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14.3 %
Diet [3]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [3]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  10 %
Clutch Size [5]  1
Fledging [1]  60 days
Incubation [4]  29 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Snout to Vent Length [1]  19 inches (49 cm)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 12 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Allocasuarina littoralis (black she-oak)[4]
Allocasuarina torulosa (forest-oak)[4]
Allocasuarina verticillata (drooping she-oak)[7]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Platycercus elegans (Crimson Rosella)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Masello JF, Quillfeldt P (2002) Chick growth and breeding success of the burrowing parrot Condor 104:574–586
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Food Value and tree selection by Glossy Black-Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus lathami, GABRIEL M. CROWLEY AND STEPHEN T. GARNETT, Austral Ecology (2001) 26, 116–126
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0