Welcome to the home page of the south-eastern subspecies of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo.

With an estimated population of 1000 birds, the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is in danger of extinction.
Find out about efforts to save this beautiful but endangered bird. Look at pictures of the bird, get general information on where it lives and what it feeds on, and view Red-tailNewsletters.

You can record your own sightings of Red-tails and find out about the various activities that you can become involved in to help secure a healthy future for this magnificent bird.
There are 5 subspecies of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in Australia. The South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne) is only found in south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria. This website relates specifically to the South-eastern subspecies.
We suggest you start with the general information page, this includes a map of the range of the bird;

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Photo; Rob Drummond, Hamilton

See below for ranges of the 5 subspecies of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

 

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The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Recovery team acknowledges the financial assistance provided by the Department of Sustainability and Environment which made the development of this website possible. 

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2007 annual count

The 2007 annual count will be held on
Saturday April 28 2007.
 If you are interested in participating please register using the feedback link, telephone1800 262 062 or write to the RtBC Recovery Team at
PO Box 25 Casterton
 3311Vic
 Volunteers generally travel on their own and we strongly recommend that you use a 4WD vehicle, particularly if it has been dry, as it is easy to get bogged in the sandy tracks. 

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