Magnificent Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos are widely distributed throughout Australia. One race, Calyptorhynchus banksii samueli, occurs in four widely scattered areas in the semiarid parts of Australia. Male and female Red-tailed Black Cockatoos have different plumage – the males are mainly black with a black bill and solid red and black tail feathers, while females are black with yellow-spotted plumage, a pale bill and barred orange-yellow and black tail feathers. The race samueli feeds more often on the ground than the other races, taking a range of hard edible seeds and burrs. These Red-tailed Black Cockatoos were part of a flock of about 30 birds that were pairing up and courting in the Coalseam Conservation Park, north-west of Mingenew in Western Australia’s northern wheatbelt. At the beginning of this video, one male in the group of five birds is making the “karak” contact call. Karak is the Aboriginal name for this bird. The courting male’s display included making a repeated squeaky call, raising his crest, head-bobbing, jumping and spreading his tail feathers and rubbing his face gently on the female’s head.