Palm cockatoo
Species of bird from the South Pacific / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large, smoky-grey/black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.[3][4] It has a crest of long feathers atop its head, with a very large and strong, sharply-hooked black beak (with which it can easily open nuts and seeds), and prominent bright-red cheek patches.[5]
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Palm cockatoo | |
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Palm cockatoo in Lockhart River, Queensland | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Cacatuidae |
Genus: | Probosciger Kuhl, 1820 |
Species: | P. aterrimus |
Binomial name | |
Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | |
Subspecies | |
P. a. aterrimus [Gmelin 1788] | |
Australian palm cockatoo range (in green) |
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