Geoff's Gallery:   Glossy Black-Cockatoo (1/5)

PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

Calyptorhynchus lathami  

After much research I found that the locals knew that glossy blacks gathered at sunset to drink, feed and roost at a particular spot but it is not publicised.

I went to this spot and waited and suddenly, on time, they started turning up. I counted 20 but may have missed some.

The male is on the left and the female is on the right, The female has a lot more yellow on the side of the face than the male.