Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo

The meaning of Zanda is not known. Latirostris is from the Latin words latus, meaning broad, and –rostris, meaning billed.

Ngolyenok (n’ole’ye’nawk).

Only found in the southwest of Western Australia from Kalbarri to Cape Arid.

This cockatoo can grow to 56 centimetres long and have a 110 centimetre wingspan.

There are subtle differences between the sexes. Males have a pink eye ring, darker bill and less bright cheek patch than the female.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 111 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 22 years 10.1 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4072e7ce-7ca4-4112-a9fa-c49a0f0ddd4d