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See this incredible colour mutation in a black cockatoo

By Australian Geographic • June 3, 2019

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Image credit: Rob McLean

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This image of a mutation in a south-western red-tailed black cockatoo was captured by Rob McLean in Bunbury, Western Australia.

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