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Baudin’s black cockatoo

(Calyptorhynchus baudinii)

Description

The piquilarga funeral cockatoo is about 56 cm long.It is mainly blackish gray with the edges of light gray feathers,which gives it scaled appearance.It has a plume of short feathers on the head and whitish spots at the level of the ears.The lateral feathers of its tail have the white tips,and the central one totally black.The iris of his eyes is dark brown and his legs are brownish gray.Its beak is longer and narrower than that of the piquicorta funereal cockatoo

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Genus:Calyptorhynchus
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