How well do you know our black cockies? Australia’s charismatic black cockatoos are true icons. Our five species – the Baudin’s, Carnaby’s, red-tail, yellow-tail and glossy black – hide away high in ...

Calyptorhynchus latirostris is one of five black-cockatoos found only in Australia. Its common name is a tribute to Ivan Carnaby, the WA farmer and ornithologist who first described the species in ...

A large genetic study has uncovered a new subspecies of one of Australia’s most iconic birds, the red-tailed black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii. The newly identified subspecies is unique to ...

SYDNEY -- Mainstream Australia's gradual realization of the ... a light on a little-known slice of sporting history. "Black Cockatoo," by the distinguished playwright Geoffrey Atherden, tells ...

A new species of cockatoo has been discovered in Western Australia. A large genetic study discovered the new subspecies of a red-tailed black cockatoo after mistaking it for an inland species.

With all but one of Australia's native black cockatoo species under threat, communities and conservationists are pulling out the stops to restore habitats and food sources. Australia's black ...

Glossy black-cockatoos are one of Australia’s five species of black-cockatoos and can be found across eastern Australia as well as on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The species is listed as ...