Melbourne Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

["Jeff Davies" <>]

I would be happy to put money on this bird being an aviary escapee. I hope
people are not thinking of putting it on their Vic List. Cheers Jeff.

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 On Behalf Of Lawrie Conole
Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 3:26 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Melbourne Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

This is surely not a Victorian bird (i.e. subspecies graptogyne)!?  If
anyone gets a good look, see if you can suss which subspecies it might be.
It looks from HANZAB as if differentiation might be possible; particularly
of females.  RTBCs are not exactly rare in aviculture, but they are mostly
(entirely?) non-Victorian subspecies as far as I'm aware; and I'd nearly put
money on this being a former aviary inmate on the loose rather than a
misplaced bird from SW Victoria.

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