The genus Zanda has three species of cockatoos. They are all mostly black in colour, and the taxa may be differentiated partly by size and partly by small areas of red, grey, and yellow plumage, especially in the tail feathers.
Zanda | |
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Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Zanda funerea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Cacatuidae |
Subfamily: | Calyptorhynchinae |
Genus: | Zanda Mathews, 1913 |
Type species | |
Calyptorhychus baudini (Baudin's black cockatoo) Lear, 1832 | |
Species | |
3 |
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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Yellow-tailed black cockatoo | Zanda funerea (Shaw, 1794) Two subspecies
| south-east of Australia![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Carnaby's black cockatoo | Zanda latirostris (Carnaby, 1948) | southwest Australia![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
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Baudin's black cockatoo | Zanda baudinii (Lear, 1832) | southwest Australia![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | CR
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References
Further reading
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Wikispecies has information related to Zanda (bird).
- White, N.E.; Phillips, M.J.; Gilbert, M.T.P.; Alfaro-Núñez, A.; Willerslev, E.; Mawson, P.R.; Spencer, P.B.S.; Bunce, M. (2011). "The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (3): 615–622. Bibcode:2011MolPE..59..615W. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.011. PMID 21419232.
- Higgins, P.J. (1999). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553071-1.
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