Palm Cockatoo.

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Mark Ridgway

Lion

Spectacular and crazy birds. I suppose you know they fancy themselves as drummers. Posted 9 years ago
1. Back Water Fox
  
  Lion
  
  Sorry Mark not up to speed with the drummers. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Mark Ridgway
    
    Lion
    
    http://sciencewise.anu.edu.au/articles/drumming%20parrot Posted 9 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

Do you know what is the tree? Posted 9 years ago

Back Water Fox

Lion

Hi Wildflower i have an idea the ringer at Bramwell Station on Cape York told me it was a wild Almond Tree. There were several growing in the cattle yards on the station. He went on to say that when they were working in the yards with the cattle the Palm Cockies would be happily feeding on the almonds . Posted 9 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  OK, it has many common names, it is a Terminalia species, possibly Terminalia catappa, although other species are found in Australia as well.
  http://tropicalfruitandveg.com/showdetail.php?srcname=Tropical+Almond
  http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:69951#tab_classification Posted 9 years ago

The Palm Cockatoo

The Palm Cockatoo ", also known as the Goliath Cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family. It is the only member of the subfamily Microglossinae and the only member of the monotypic genus, " Probosciger". Its unique position within the cockatoo family has been confirmed by molecular studies.

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Similar species: Parrots

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