Eucalyptus is usually the favoured type of tree and the birds prefer it to be isolated so that they have easy access to the nest. The hollows can be 1-2 metres deep and up to half a metre wide. The trees may be dead, but need a trunk with a large diameter, because the birds need large hollows to nest in. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos choose tall trees for nesting.
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Male and Female Feeding #shorts Breeding behaviour Enjoy the short video below to see this in action. They eat the good bits and drop the rest on the ground. With their strong bill they can pull the fruit apart. This allows them to hold the fruit firmly with one foot while holding on to the branch they are standing on with the other foot. The Cockatoos have feet with two toes facing front and two toes facing backward. The fruit is quite stringy, it’s difficult to separate from the stone and tastes a bit like almonds. It is currently green, so not ripe, but the Cockatoos don’t seem to mind. The fruit of the Beach Almond is a stone fruit of about 6cm long and 4.5cm wide. As it currently is winter I can indeed observe a lot of the leaves changing colour from a glossy, dark green to a deep red and some are falling on the ground. It is one of the very few trees in the tropics that lose their leaves during winter. The tree grows a crown with wide horizontal branches and is an ideal shade tree. This is a large tropical tree that grows locally along the coast of north Queensland. Right now, they are munching on the fruit of the Beach Almond Tree. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Female Feeding The fruit of the Beach Almond Tree Occasionally you may spot them in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales, but they have mostly disappeared from these areas. I am currently in North Queensland and looking at the subspecies Calyptorhynchus banksii banksii, which is the largest subspecies in body size, has a moderately sized beak and is found mainly in northern Queensland. Five subspecies are defined and they are recognised by slight differences in body size, shape and size of their beak and the colouring of the females.
The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus banksii) is one of six species of Black-Cockatoos and it is the most widespread one. But right now, they seem very content munching on the large fruits so I take my chances to get some good photos! Wow! I can’t believe I am so close to these awesome birds! Usually they are quite shy of people and will take off with a loud screech before you get the chance to come anywhere near them! On all other occasions that I’ve spotted them I have only seen them from a distance: on the tops of high trees or in flight. Hidden between those leaves and branches I find some Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos feeding on the fruit of this tree. Next to me is a large tree with big leaves. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo looks and habitatĪ soft screechy noise attracts my attention.
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