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‘I knew it was special straight away’: 35-year-old Carnaby’s black cockatoo is oldest-ever recorded in wild
The iconic Carnaby’s black cockatoo can live to be up to 35 years old, a long-term study has shown.
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New subspecies of red-tailed black cockatoo discovered
The new subspecies of red-tailed cockatoo, previously thought to be a part of the inland subspecies, was discovered by scientists after a decade-long search.
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Black cockatoo chicks hatch among burnt habitat
The genetically distinct glossy black cockatoos of Kangaroo Island are in a precarious place following the 2019/2020 bushfires, but things are slowly looking up.
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Endangered glossy blacks spotted on Kangaroo Island for the first time after bushfires
There’s hope for Kangaroo Island’s glossy black cockatoos after all.
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See this incredible colour mutation in a black cockatoo
This image of a mutation in a south-western red-tailed black cockatoo was captured by Rob McLean in Bunbury, Western Australia.
