Slender-billed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) female, perched on Albany Banksia (B. coccinea) Western Australia

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Short billed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) wild adult female keeps guard while male is feeding nearby on fruiting cones of Albany Banksia (Banksia coccinea) in garden of Banksia Farm, Mt Barker, Western Australia, October. Sexes are similar but periophtamic skin is pink in male, dark grey in female.

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Size: 3401px × 5120px
Location: Banksia Farm Mount Barker Western Australia
Photo credit: © KrystynaSzulecka / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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