As with many other parrots and cockatoos, Red-tails nest in deep hollows that have formed in very large, old eucalypts.
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Increase the area of Red-tail feeding habitat by planting new stands of stringybark and Buloke.
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Each year members of the recovery team and volunteers collect a range of information which assist us to assess how Red Tail populations are performing.
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Male Red-tails have glossy black plumage with stunning, bright red tail panels. Females are quite different but equally spectacular.
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If you haven’t been involved in the Annual Count before, but would like to join in next year, please contact Bronwyn Perryman on freecall 1800 262 062.
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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. With an estimated population of about 1400 birds, the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is in danger of extinction.
This website relates specifically to the South-eastern subspecies. In this website you can 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-tail Newsletters. 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.
We suggest you start with the description information section of the biology page, this includes a map of the range of the bird;
Mecu, one of Australia's largest credit unions, has established a
Conservation Landbank in Victoria's west Wimmera which will protect and
regenerate prime habitat for the endangered South-eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. 'Minimay', a 201 hectare block purchased from the Trust for Nature's (TFN) revolving fund, is the first property in the mecu Landbank.

On the 1st May 2010 a team of 159 enthusiastic volunteers set off throughout the stringybark forests in south-eastern South Australia and south-western Victoria in the hope of spotting the endangered South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. Geared up with binoculars, 4WDs, mountain bikes and a keen sense of hearing, our Red-tail enthusiasts scoured more than 2,800 .....
Five functioning Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo nests have been found in winter whilst undertaking maintenance of artificial nest boxes north of Dergholm.
The Recovery Team has prepared a new and exciting poster for the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

