The palm cockatoo is a large, striking cockatoo native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Cape York Peninsula in far northern Australia, with dramatic slate-black plumage and a prominent patch of bare red skin on its cheeks that flushes deeper red when the bird is excited. It has one of the largest bills of any parrot species, used to crack open hard seeds and nuts, and it is notable for a unique courtship behavior in which males fashion a stick or seed pod into a drumstick and beat it against a hollow tree to create a rhythmic sound.
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Classification
Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Palm Cockatoo (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australasia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
3. Palm Cockatoo (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q31501 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
- Child Taxon Of: Cacatuidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. Wikipedia: Palm Cockatoo
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status = NT
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