The above photo and the one immediately below feature the same individual.
Unmistakably, the tail announces that this forest red-tailed black cockatoo is a male..

Below, unmistakably, is a female.

As you read this, my beloved and I are far distant from Australia.
I may or may not have the opportunity to reveal more before we return, in mid October.
Meanwhile, I have scheduled a single-image series in which each post will show a different aspect of a quintessentially Australian mountain range….arguably, the quintessentially Australian mountain range.