Palm cockatoo
| Palm cockatoo | |
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| Palm cockatoo in Lockhart River, Queensland | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Cacatuidae |
| Genus: | Probosciger Kuhl, 1820 |
| Species: | P. aterrimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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| Subspecies | |
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| Australian palm cockatoo range (in green) | |
The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large, smoky-grey/black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It has a crest of long feathers atop its head, with a very large and strong, sharply-hooked black beak (with which it can easily open nuts and seeds), and prominent bright-red cheek patches.