"Yellow Tail"

The Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo is one of five species of Black-Cockatoo in Australia. In recent years it has been in rapid decline because of native habitat clearance, with a loss of food supply and nest sites.

Their favoured foods are wood-boring larvae and seeds of native and introduced trees and ground plants.

The contact call is a drawn-out, distinctive "kee-ow". They may screech if alarmed.

Both sexes construct the nest, which is a large tree hollow, lined with wood chips. The female alone incubates the eggs, while the male supplies her with food. Usually only one chick survives, and this will stay in the care of its parents for about six months.

REFERENCED FROM: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/yellow-tailed-black-cockatoo/