PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

Calyptorhynchus latirostris  

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
Bannister, WA (Sep, 2015)

Male Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo.

While driving along the highway between Perth and Albany I came across a small flock of Carnaby's Black-Cockatoos feeding on gum-nuts on the ground metres from the road.

No doubt the birds had cut the gum-nuts from high in the tree before coming down to feed.

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Male Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Male Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Male Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo