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Palm Cockatoo

Binomial name

Probosciger aterrimus

The Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) is a large black bird with red facial feathers. It has a large and spectacular crest.

Alfred Hitchcock once used one to play an "evil bird" in one of his movies due to their striking and unusual appearance.

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-The long billed Corella is a white [[cockatoo]] with a rather long beak.   It uses it's large beak to dig for [[seed]]s (and then eats them.)   It comes from [[Australia]].
+<table border="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" cellpadding="2" style = "margin-left: 0.5em;">
+<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Palm Cockatoo'''</th></tr>
+<tr><td></td></tr>
+<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>{{taxonomy}}</th></tr>
+<tr><td><table align="center">
+<tr><td>{{Regnum}}:</td><td>[[Animal]]ia </td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Phylum}}:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[Aves]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Ordo}}:</td><td>[[Psittaciformes]] </td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Familia}}:</td><td>[[Cacatuidae]] </td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Genus}}:</td><td>''Probosciger''</td></tr>
+<tr><td>{{Species}}:</td><td>''aterrimus''</td></tr>
+</table>
+<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="pink">'''[[Binomial name]]'''</th></tr>
+<tr><th align="center">''Probosciger aterrimus''</th></tr>
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+</table>
+The '''Palm Cockatoo''' (''Probosciger aterrimus'') is a large black bird with red facial feathers.   It has a large and spectacular crest.
+[[Alfred Hitchcock]] once used one to play an "evil bird" in one of his movies due to their striking and unusual appearance.
+{{stub}}