Black Cockatoo Puppet

Forest red-tailed black cockatoos like to eat seeds,
nuts and fruits. They use their strong, wide bills to
crack open the seeds and nuts.
Forest red-tailed black cockatoos mate for life and
they like to nest nearby other nesting pairs. They
build their nests in large hollows of very old Marri
trees.
Unlike the white-tailed black cockatoos, the forest
red-tailed black cockatoos do not move very far
from where they nest and tend to live in small
flocks.
Black cockatoos are an important part of
Aboriginal mythology. It is believed that their calls
announce the coming of the rainy season.