PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

Calyptorhynchus lathami  

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
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© Kay Parkin 2012
Kangaroo Island, SA (Apr, 2012)

Kangaroo Island is the last refuge for the beautiful and endangered halmaturinus subspecies of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo. They still occur at Flinders Chase National Park and a small population can be seen at American River.

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (halmaturinus)