Attempt to smuggle protected birds foiled
Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 3:23
Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 3:23
Monday, April 18, 2011 at 3:10
The palm cockatoo, a large species of parrot from Papua New Guinea and Australia, has been dethroned as the common ancestor of the cockatoo family by a new genetic study that has redrawn the family's evolutionary history. Photo: lil moe72SYDNEY: In a study that could dissuade breeders from illegally smuggling parrot eggs, the DNA code of the cockatoo mitochondrial genome has been pieced together, revealing the surprising evolutionary history of these large, native Australasian birds.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:34
Callocephalon fimbriatum - Gang-gang Cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus banksii - Red-tailed Black Cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus baudinii - Baudin Cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus funereus - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus latirostris - Carnaby's Cockatoo,
Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah,
Probosciger aterrimus - Palm Cockatoo | in
Research
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 23:52