There are 5 subspecies of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in Australia. The South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne) is only found in south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria. With an estimated population of about 1400 birds, the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is in danger of extinction.
This website relates specifically to the South-eastern subspecies. In this website you can find out about efforts to save this beautiful but endangered bird. Look at pictures of the bird, get general information on where it lives and what it feeds on, and view Red-tail Newsletters. You can record your own sightings of Red-tails and find out about the various activities that you can become involved in to help secure a healthy future for this magnificent bird.
We suggest you start with the description information section of the biology page, this includes a map of the range of the bird;
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Win a Red-tail Commemorative Coin
Thanks to everyone who entered our Red-tail Art & Story Competition, to win one of four beautifully crafted 1/2 ounce silver Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Commemorative Coins. This competition has now closed, with judging to occur and winners to be now announced in May 2013. Winners will be notified via email/mail, with all winning entries to feature on our website and in the next edition of 'Red-tail News'. -
Annual Count 2013
Register for the 2013 Red-tail Annual Count!
This year the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Annual Count will be held on Saturday 4th May across the species range in the South East of SA and South West Victoria.
If you would like to take part please contact the Project Coordinator on 1800 262 062 or email redtail@birdlife.org.au.
Click here to learn more.
Latest Red-tail News
The 2013 South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Annual Count will be held next Saturday 4 May 2013. There are several sites still available so please REGISTER NOW to secure a spot.
Photo: Melanie Plummer
Have you seen a Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo lately? If so, the Recovery Team wants to hear about it!
Photo: Bob McPherson 2012
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Hear the difference between a Red-tail and a Yellow-tail Black-Cockatoo
Contact
- Project Coordinator, Bronwyn Perryman
- t: 1800 262 062
- e: redtail@birdlife.org.au
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- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project
- PO Box 392
- Port MacDonnell, SA 5291
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Nesting Habitat
As with many other parrots and cockatoos, Red-tails nest in deep hollows that have formed in very large, old eucalypts.Feeding Habitat
Increase the area of Red-tail feeding habitat by planting new stands of stringybark and Buloke.Monitoring Red-tails
Each year members of the recovery team and volunteers collect a range of information which assist us to assess how Red Tail populations are performing.Red-tail Biology
Male Red-tails have glossy black plumage with stunning, bright red tail panels. Females are quite different but equally spectacular.The Annual Count
If you haven’t been involved in the Annual Count before, but would like to join in next year, please contact Bronwyn Perryman on freecall 1800 262 062.