Mourning cockatoo [1] ( lat. Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus ) is a bird of the cockatoo family.
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Subfamily : | Black cockatoo |
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Calyptorhynchus funereus Shaw , 1794 |
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Least concernIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : ??? |
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Content
Body length 56-66 cm; weight up to 900 g. The main color of the plumage is dark brown, the tips of the feathers are white. There is a white or yellow spot in the ear. On the tail and undertail is a longitudinal strip of yellow color. The bare areas around the eyes are pink. The iris is dark brown. Paws are gray-brown. The beak is dark gray. Tuft small. In the female, the ear spot is brighter, the beak is bright, the areas around the eyes are dark gray.
It lives in Southeast and East Australia .
They feed mainly on seeds of various trees, insect larvae.
A female and a male build a nest together in a hollow of a tree, lined with sawdust. The female lays 1-2 eggs . It hatches one, and the male feeds it. Usually only one chick survives, it remains in the care of parents for about 6 months.
View includes 3 subspecies:
- Calyptorhynchus funereus funereus Shaw , 1794
- Calyptorhynchus funereus whiteae Mathews , 1912
- Calyptorhynchus funereus xanthanotus Gould , 1838
- ↑ Boehme RL , Flint V. Ye. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Under total. ed. Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang, "RUSSO", 1994. - p. 116. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
