Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami

2 Glossy Black-Cockatoo at Fitzroy Falls, NSW

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Identification history

	Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami	16 Jan 2026	Liam.m
	Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami	16 Jan 2026	PDL08

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Lone male feeding quietly. Some tail feathers seem to have bars - would this be because he is young and is still in the process of losing his juvenile feathers?

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GITM2 wrote:

19 Jan 2026

Good observation, @PDL08. If a male glossy has barring in the tail, it is considered a juvenile or subadult. As for an age in years, you might be interested in an article by John Courtney, 'Plumage Development and Breeding Biology of the
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami', 1986. The study involved captive birds and reported that some tail feathers without bars (males) were observed at an age of 2 1/2 years. I have been able to find the abstract for this article on the website, informit.org.

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Places Fitzroy Falls, NSW

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Feeding Activity
Male Sex
Unsure Age
Whitish-green Colour of chewings
True Chewed sheoak cones

Species information

Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Scientific name
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Common name
Not Sensitive
Vulnerable *
Non-invasive or negligible
-34.96m to 867m Recorded at altitude
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