It may be Psittacine beak and feather disease, or some sort of cancer, or maybe the result of a fight or accident? One of the three cockatoos has an illness which has affected its beak. Unwell Glossy Black-Cockatoo – b eak and feather disease? Definitely a moment for oohing and aahing. It’s a treat to see these unusual, gorgeous birds. You can also see a few of the tree’s tiny red flowers: The bird is holding a Casuarina seed pod.
The feathers around its head and neck are quite brown in comparison to the darker black feathers on the rest of its body. Next comes a solo shot of the second of the three birds. Evidently the name Casuarina is derived from cassowary (a big bird) because the branches look like cassowary feathers. Casuarinas, also called sheoaks or she-oaks, are a group of trees and shrubs native to Australia and other Asian countries. This choosiness puts the birds at risk when the tree coverage is depleted by land clearance or bush fires. Glossy Black-Cockatoos depend on Casuarina seeds for their food. This one has a lot of yellow around its head, which means it’s probably a female: This munching and muttering is typical of the birds’ behaviour.īelow is a solo shot of the first of the three birds. About half way through the video (at around 50-53 seconds on the timeline) the birds mutter to each other in low-pitched raspy calls. In the video below, the birds are munching happily on Casuarina seed pods. The one on the right is, I think, a male. I think the bird on the left is a female, as she has a lot of yellow around her head. The feather arrangement around the glossies’ necks and the general setting of their heads make me think of a lion: They’re quite different in appearance from the more common Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos. This picture shows two of the Glossy Black-Cockatoos. Read the story below! First, the glossies While I was watching the cockatoos, a couple of other characters appeared and contributed to the encounter. Luckily there was no-one around to hear, and the birds ignored me! When I noticed them, I stopped walking and said “ooh” out loud. These large cockatoos are not a very common sight. Two days ago, I encountered a group of three Glossy Black-Cockatoos on a Casuarina tree.
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