Glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)

Listed as vulnerable by the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, the glossy black cockatoo is one of Australia’s rarest cockatoos. They have a very restricted diet, feeding only on the seeds in cones of she-oaks (Casuarina and Allocasuarina) and only on selected individual trees - they will return to the same food tree time and time again, often ignoring nearby trees that are full of cones; but these patterns of feeding are poorly understood. Breeding occurs only every two years with a single egg being laid in late January to early June, with a longer nestling period than any other cockatoos (up to 90 days). Large hollow bearing trees are needed for breeding, emphasising the need to retain remnant old growth vegetation, included dead standing trees. The young are dependent on the parents for at least 12 months.

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