Palm Cockatoo

• Six Palm cockatoos or black cockatoos– Australian exotic birds– were rescued from Assam’s Cachar district.

ABOUT PALM COCKATOOS

• Scientific name– Probosciger aterrimus
• It is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to the rainforests and woodlands of New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia as well as found near Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia where it is sometimes seen in trees along the roads.
• It has a very large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.
• The palm cockatoo is a member of the white cockatoo subfamily Cacatuinae.
• The vocalisations of palm cockatoos are similar to those of most wild parrots, but they have also been shown to produce a variety of additional syllables.
• These additional syllables are mainly produced by males and are often combined to form long, complex sequences.
• It can mimic human voice and can communicate in words if trained.
• Anecdotal evidence indicates a palm cockatoo reaching 80 or 90 years of age in an Australian zoo, although the oldest confirmed individual was aged 56 at the London Zoo in the year 2000.
• Protection status
  • IUCN red list : Least Concern