Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos naturally feed on the seeds of native shrubs and trees, banksias, hakeas and casuarinas, and the larvae that bore into the branches of wattles.
After plantations of exotic Pines, the cockatoos have now adapted to feed more often by tearing open pine cones to extract the seeds.
In SA they now feed on Allepo Pines that are a noxious weed and their preferred habitat, woodlands that have become extensively fragmented.
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are easy to identify due to their large size and distinctive markings. They are the largest Australian cockatoo and are 55-65cm long. They are black with yellow patches and yellow panels in their tail feathers. These birds have a distinctive call that can be heard as they fly over the treetops.
They were known to gather in large flocks of up to one hundred. But now in many places
Research featured in the ‘State of Australia’s Birds 2015’ headline and regional reports indicates a significant decline for the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (and some other parrot species) in the East Coast.
Threats
Loss of habitat, for food and competition for nesting hollows, are the major threats to the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo. Predation of eggs by the Common Possums can also be a problem.
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