Biology:Zanda (bird)

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Short description: Genus of birds

Zanda
Calyptorhynchus funereus (male) -Wamboin-8.jpg
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Zanda funerea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Calyptorhynchinae
Genus: Zanda
Mathews, 1913
Type species
Calyptorhychus baudini (Baudin's black cockatoo)
Lear, 1832
Species

3

The genus Zanda has three species of cockatoos. They are all mostly black in colour, and 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]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
Calyptorhynchus funereus (male) -Wamboin-8.jpg Yellow-tailed black cockatoo Zanda funerea south-east of Australia
Short Billed Black Cockatoo Feeding.jpg Carnaby's black cockatoo Zanda latirostris southwest Australia
Calyptorhynchus baudinii (male) -Margaret River-8.jpg Baudin's black cockatoo Zanda baudinii southwest Australia

References

  1. Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "Additions and corrections to my reference list". Austral Avian Record 1 (8): 187–196 [196]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33339787. 
  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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/parrots/. 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. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16619200 entry