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Description
C19th engraving of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.
From the Naturalist Library.
The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was being careened for repairs, near present day Cooktown. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Modern common name Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Modern binomial name Calyptorhynchus banksii
First described Latham 1790
Distribution Australian mainland.
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page 274, ill. 274
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