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The male is truer to its name and is glossy black in colour with bright red segments in its tail. The female cockatoo is duller in colour and has distinct yellow spots on her wings, neck and head, ...

The rounded wings have reddish primaries. The long tail is graduated with brown central rectrices tipped in black; the remainder are black and broadly tipped with white. It has a yellow orbital ring.