Baudin's Black Cockatoo
Zanda baudinii
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Birds
Baudin's black cockatoo, also known as Baudin's cockatoo or the long-billed black cockatoo, is a species of genus Zanda found in southwest Australia. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin. It has a short crest on the top of its head, and the plumage is mostly greyish black. It has prominent white cheek patches and a white tail band. The body feathers are edged with white giving a scalloped appearance. Adult males have a dark grey beak and pink eye-rings. Adult females have a bone coloured beak, grey eye-rings and ear patches that are paler than those of the males.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Cacatuidae
- Genus
- Zanda