Rare birds: project tracks wild yellow-tailed black cockatoos for the first time

By Kim Arlington
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:28am, first published July 9 2016 - 12:15am
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo in Sydney's Centennial Park. Photo: Peter Rae
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo in Sydney's Centennial Park. Photo: Peter Rae
Researchers John Martin and Jessica Rooke fit a GPS tracker to a yellow-tailed black cockatoo. Photo: Peter Rae
Researchers John Martin and Jessica Rooke fit a GPS tracker to a yellow-tailed black cockatoo. Photo: Peter Rae
Wildlife ecologist John Martin and researcher Jessica Rooke look for yellow-tailed black cockatoos in 
Sydney's Centennial Park. Photo: Peter Rae
Wildlife ecologist John Martin and researcher Jessica Rooke look for yellow-tailed black cockatoos in Sydney's Centennial Park. Photo: Peter Rae

Yellow-tailed black cockatoos are a little flighty around humans, which can make it difficult for scientists to capture them. But if you cruise up to one in a car, it won't be particularly bothered.

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