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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Probosciger
- Image
- Probosciger aterrimus, Cape York 2.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Near Threatened
- P7603
- Appendix I of CITES
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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. 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.
Taxonomy