Probosciger aterrimus
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The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large, smoky-grey/black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It has a crest of long feathers atop its head, with a very large and strong, sharply-hooked black beak (with which it can easily open nuts and seeds), and prominent bright-red cheek patches.
The palm cockatoo was formally described in 1788 by naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, in which he classified the bird with other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus aterrimus. Gmelin based his description on the "black cockatoo" that had been described and illustrated in 1764 by English naturalist George Edwards. Joan Gideon Loten had provided Edwards with a drawing of the bird by the Sri Lankan artist Pieter Cornelis de Bevere; the original drawing by de Bere is in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London.
The palm cockatoo is, now, the only species within the genus Probosciger that was introduced by Heinrich Kuhl... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ragunan Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 5 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Bali Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Jihlava Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 8 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Khao Kheow Open Zoo | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Parc zoologique de Montpellier | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 12 | National Zoological Garden of South Africa | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Nanning Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 14 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | ZooTampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 17 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 18 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Gembira Loka Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 20 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 21 | Attica Zoological Park | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 22 | Central Park Zoo & Resort | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 23 | Bandung Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 24 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 25 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 26 | African Village | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 27 | Lahore Zoo | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 28 | Krasnodar Safari Park | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 29 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 30 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 31 | Kuala Lumpur Bird Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 32 | Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 33 | Montecasino Bird Gardens | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 34 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 35 | Davao Crocodile Park & Zoo | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 36 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 37 | Sea World Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 38 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 39 | Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 40 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 41 | The Green Planet | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 42 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 43 | Bonanza Exotic Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 44 | Maharani Zoo & Goa | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 45 | Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Cockatoo sighting in Bangkok on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 263rd most-seen of the 277 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Cockatoo in Bangkok on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Palm Cockatoo sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bangkok, in our data
Bangkok is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Palm Cockatoo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palm Cockatoo is recorded against all the birds logged in Bangkok (6 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
