The Black Cockatoo With One Feather Blue
teaching Resources
Information, ideas and activities for the classroom or at home.
Teaching notes: Foundation to Year 3
The Black Cockatoo With One Feather Blue Teaching Notes include book details, text features, literary devices, writing exercises, art and drama activities, and more! Plus curriculum mapping and syllabus codes. These notes focus on Foundation/Kindergarten to Year 3.
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Free colouring-in sheets by Eloise Short
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Free activities
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Black cockatoos in Australia
Black cockatoos are found right across Australia. There are five different species, each with its own variations of red, yellow, orange and white markings. The species featured in The Black Cockatoo With One Feather Blue is a female red-tailed black cockatoo (below left).
Currently, four out of the five main species of black cockatoo are under threat nationally. Read below to find out how you can help protect the future of these magnificent birds.
Currently, four out of the five main species of black cockatoo are under threat nationally. Read below to find out how you can help protect the future of these magnificent birds.
Red-tailed black cockatoo (female)
Calyptorhynchus banksii: known for her yellow spots and details on her face, chest and wings, and her barred red-and-orange tail.
Baudin's black cockatoo
Zanda baudinii: marked by its off-white feather tips, tail and cheeks. Endemic to Western Australia. Find out more here.
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Zanda funerea: Known for its namesake yellow tail and cheek patches; the only black cockatoo not under threat.
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Red-tailed black cockatoo (male, left)
Calyptorhynchus banksii: The male is identifiable by his wide bar of red across his tail, and his very large crest. Find out more here.
Glossy black cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami: Male (L) and female glossies are blackish-brown with yellow facial markings. More here.
Carnaby's black cockatoo
Zanda latirostrus: Easily mistaken for baudin's cockatoos, carnaby's are distinguished by their shorter upper beak.
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Acknowledgement of Country
Wollemi Press would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land
on which we live and work – the shared land of the Darug and Gundungurra people –
and to pay our respects to Elders past and present.
on which we live and work – the shared land of the Darug and Gundungurra people –
and to pay our respects to Elders past and present.