Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos: Identifying males & females

The beautiful Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos are back!

Have you heard their echoing, prehistoric-sounding call and seen pine cones ripped to shreds and littering the ground lately?

They've been more prevalent along Capel Sound Foreshore in the past couple of years, and we love seeing them around.

The female has a larger yellow cheek patch, dark eye-ring, white upper bill and black marks in her yellow tail panels, while the male has a smaller yellow cheek patch, pink eye-ring and grey/black upper bill.

See if you can spot the difference next time!

Species name: Calyptorhynchus funereus

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