Species profile—Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (palm cockatoo)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Cacatuidae (cockatoos and corellas) → Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (palm cockatoo)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Cacatuidae (cockatoos and corellas)
- Scientific name
- Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912)
- Common name
- palm cockatoo
- Type reference
- Mathews, G.M. (1912). A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18, 171-455.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1175
- Synonym(s)
- Probosciger aterrimus
- Alternate name(s)
- Cape York cockatoo
southern palm cockatoo
palm cockatoo (Australian)
Australian palm cockatoo
black mawcaw
great palm cockatoo - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1175.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
