Zanda (bird)

Zanda
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Zanda funerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Calyptorhynchinae
Genus: Zanda
Mathews, 1913
Type species
Calyptorhynchus baudinii (Baudin's black cockatoo)
Lear, 1832
Species

3

Zanda is a genus of Australian cockatoos in the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae, containing three species. Members of the genus are mostly black in colour, with short crests. The taxa may be differentiated partly by size and partly by small areas of red, grey, and yellow plumage, especially in the tail feathers.

The genus Zanda was introduced in 1913 by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with Baudin's black cockatoo as the type species.[1] Matthews provided no explanation for the etymology but it is possibly an aboriginal name.[2]

Species

The genus contains three species.[3]

Genus Zanda – Mathews, 1913 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Zanda funerea
(Shaw, 1794)

Two subspecies
  • Z. f. funerea
  • Z. f. xanthanota
south-east of Australia
Map of range 		Size: 55-65 cm

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Carnaby's black cockatoo

Zanda latirostris
(Carnaby, 1948) 		southwest Australia
Map of range 		Size: 53-58 cm

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 


Baudin's black cockatoo

Zanda baudinii
(Lear, 1832) 		southwest Australia
Map of range 		Size: 56 cm

Habitat:

Diet: 		 CR 


References

  1. ^ Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "Additions and corrections to my reference list". Austral Avian Record. 1 (8): 187–196 [196].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 413. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

Further reading

  • White, N.E.; Phillips, M.J.; Gilbert, M.T.P.; Alfaro-Núñez, A.; Willerslev, E.; Mawson, P.R.; Spencer, P.B.S.; Bunce, M. (2011). "The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (3): 615–622. Bibcode:2011MolPE..59..615W. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.011. PMID 21419232.
  • Higgins, P.J. (1999). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553071-1.