Common names include Baudin's black cockatoo or long-billed black cockatoo. Ĭarnaby's black cockatoo ( Zanda latirostris) and Baudin's black cockatoo were previously classified as the same species. The species is now placed in the genus Zanda that was introduced in 1913 by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews. The common name and specific epithet commemorate the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, who led an expedition to Australia in 1801-1804. Lear used the common name "Baudin's cockatoo" and coined the binomial name Calyptorhynchus baudinii. Adult females have a bone coloured beak, grey eye-rings and ear patches that are paler than those of the males.īaudin's black cockatoo was depicted in 1832 by the English artist Edward Lear in his Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots from a specimen owned by the naturalist Benjamin Leadbeater. Adult males have a dark grey beak and pink eye-rings. The body feathers are edged with white giving a scalloped appearance. It has prominent white cheek patches and a white tail band. It has a short crest on the top of its head, and the plumage is mostly greyish black. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.
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