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Palm Cockatoo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Probosciger aterrimus, goliath cockatoo, great black cockatoo
Species of cockatoo
Species
Near Threatenedvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Probosciger
- Image
- Probosciger aterrimus, Cape York 2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Probosciger aterrimus
- Commons category
- Probosciger aterrimus
- Commons gallery
- Probosciger aterrimus
- litter size
- 1
- egg incubation period
- 32
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- taxon common name
- catatua-das-palmeiras
- short name
- P. aterrimus
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palm Cockatoo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.