PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

Calyptorhynchus banksii  

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Mareeba, QLD (Jun, 2011)

Coming back from Granite Gorge near Mareeba, I came across a small flock of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos cavorting in the afternoon sun.

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Female race banksii in Flight

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Female race banksii in Flight

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Female race banksii

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Three's a crowd (race banksii)

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Female race banksii