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Calyptorhynchus banksii (Red-tailed Black Cockatoo)

Synonyms: Calyptorhynchus magnificus; Psittacus banksii (homotypic); Psittacus banksii flavicollo; Psittacus magnificus

Wikipedia Abstract

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 black cockatoo and the south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo are under threat.
View Wikipedia Record: Calyptorhynchus banksii

Infraspecies

Calyptorhynchus banksii banksii (Red-tailed cockatoo) (Attributes)
Calyptorhynchus banksii escondidus
Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne (Red-tailed cockatoo)
Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus (Northern red-tailed cockatoo) (Attributes)
Calyptorhynchus banksii naso (Forest red-tailed black cockatoo) (Attributes)
Calyptorhynchus banksii samueli (Central red-tailed cockatoo) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.3091
EDGE Score: 2.42561
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.62 lbs (735 g)
Birth Weight [2]  35 grams
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [5]  1
Clutches / Year [4]  1
Fledging [1]  80 days
Incubation [4]  30 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  45 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  23 inches (59 cm)
Female Maturity [4]  4 years
Male Maturity [4]  4 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia
Stirling Range National Park II 281371 Western Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia No

Prey / Diet

Allocasuarina luehmannii (bull-oak)[4]
Bambusa arnhemica[7]
Eucalyptus arenacea (Desert stringybark)[4]
Eucalyptus baxteri (brown stringybark)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Providers

Shelter 
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river redgum)[4]
Eucalyptus leucoxylon (white ironbark)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Franciscoloa magnifici[8]
Neopsittaconirmus borgiolii[8]

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
♦ 4Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo – about the species Fact Sheet, Published by the Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, September, 2005
♦ 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
♦ 6de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 7Avian granivores consume flowers, not just seed, of the Top End Bamboo Bambusa arnhemica, Donald C. Franklin, Northern Territory Naturalist (2005) 18: 45-50
♦ 8Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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