Zanda (bird)

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Zanda is a genus of Australian cockatoos in the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae, containing three species. Members of the genus are mostly black in colour, with short crests. The taxa may be differentiated partly by size and partly by small areas of red, grey, and yellow plumage, especially in the tail feathers.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Family:Cacatuidae
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Zanda
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Zanda funerea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Calyptorhynchinae
Genus: Zanda
Mathews, 1913
Type species
Calyptorhynchus baudinii (Baudin's black cockatoo)
Lear, 1832
Species

Zanda funerea
Zanda latirostris
Zanda baudinii

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The genus Zanda was introduced in 1913 by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with Baudin's black cockatoo as the type species.[1] Matthews provided no explanation for the etymology but it is possibly an aboriginal name.[2]

Species

The genus contains three species.[3]

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Genus Zanda Mathews, 1913 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Zanda funerea
(Shaw, 1794)

Two subspecies
  • Z. f. funerea
  • Z. f. xanthanota
south-east of Australia
Map of range
Size: 55-65 cm

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Carnaby's black cockatoo

Zanda latirostris
(Carnaby, 1948)
southwest Australia
Map of range
Size: 53-58 cm

Habitat:

Diet:
 EN 


Baudin's black cockatoo

Zanda baudinii
(Lear, 1832)
southwest Australia
Map of range
Size: 56 cm

Habitat:

Diet:
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