Palm cockatoo

Palm cockatoo
	Palm cockatoo in Lockhart River, Queensland
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Cacatuidae
Genus:	Probosciger; Kuhl, 1820
Species:	P. aterrimus
Binomial name
	Probosciger aterrimus; (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Subspecies
	P. a. aterrimus [Gmelin 1788]; P. a. goliath [Kuhl 1820]; P. a. macgillivrayi [Mathews 1927] ; P. a. stenolophus [van Ort 1911]
	Australian palm cockatoo range (in green)

The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, Aru Islands, and Cape York Peninsula. It has a very large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.

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