Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii), also known as Baudin’s Cockatoo or Long-billed Black Cockatoo,is a large black cockatoo found in Australia. The binomial commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.
I was lucky enough to see them early in the morning out by Wungong Gorge near Armadale, which is 45 minutes from Perth but unfortunately they had the sun behind them so all I got was a silhouette. In the future, I would advise going here in the afternoon when the sun would be on the opposite side of the trees where the cockatoos are found.
At least Wikipedia has a nice close up of this beautiful cockatoo.
The Baudin’s Black Cockatoo is one of two species of white-tailed black cockatoo endemic to south-western Australia which were only separated taxonomically in 1948. It is closely associated with moist, heavily forested areas dominated by Marri and is threatened by habitat destruction.
Sites identified by BirdLife International as being important for Baudin’s Black Cockatoo conservation are Araluen-Wungong, Gidgegannup, Jalbarragup, Mundaring-Kalamunda, North Dandalup, the Stirling Range and The Lakes. Local birders also see them around Margaret River. In the map below, I have marked out a few of these places that are popular for birders. Wungong Gorge is purple, Margaret River is green and Stirling Range is blue.
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Spectacular up close footage of some Baudin’s Black Cockatoos near Perth.