Calyptorhynchus

Taxobox
name = Black-cockatoos


image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Calyptorhynchus banksii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Cacatuidae
subfamilia= Calyptorhynchinae
subfamilia_authority = Bonaparte, 1853
genus = "Calyptorhynchus"
genus_authority = Desmarest, 1826
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 5, in two subgenera

Described by French naturalist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1826, the genus "Calyptorhynchus" has five species and is the largest genus of the "dark cockatoo" subfamily Calyptorhynchinae which now is recognized to contain also the other sexually dichromatic species, the Gang-gang Cockatoo and probably the cockatiel which despite its unique appearance may actually be the closest living relative of "Calyptorhynchus" (Brown & Toft, 1999, but see Astuti, 2004?). Two subgenera ("Calyptorhynchus" and "Zanda") are recognized based on the colouration of the species, but they may ultimately be considered distinct genera:

* Subgenus "Calyptorhynchus" - black-and-red cockatoos
**Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii banksii"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii graptogyne"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii macrorhynchus"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii naso"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii samueli"
**Glossy Black Cockatoo, "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami lathami"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami erebus"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami halmaturinus"
* Subgenus "Zanda" - black-and-yellow/white cockatoos
**Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus funereus"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus whiteae"
*** "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus xanthanotus"
**Short-billed Black Cockatoo, "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) latirostris"
**Long-billed Black Cockatoo, "Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) baudinii"

References

* Astuti, Dwi (2004?): A phylogeny of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the seventh intron of nuclear "β"-fibrinogen gene. Doctoral work, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. [http://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/J/study/17result/dwi.pdf PDF fulltext]

* Brown, D.M. & Toft, C.A. (1999): Molecular systematics and biogeography of the cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). "Auk" 116(1): 141-157.