Black Palm Cockatoo

The black palm cockatoo for sale (Probosciger aterrimus), also called the great black cockatoo, is one of the largest and rarest cockatoos in the world – a smoky grey-black parrot from New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Australia’s Cape York, with an enormous black beak and vivid red bare cheek patches that flush brighter when it is excited. Each one at My Cockatoo Bird is hand-raised and sold with a 100% health guarantee and safe delivery.

Why the black palm is so rare and expensive

Palm cockatoos are among the most expensive birds in the world for a simple reason: they reproduce very slowly, often raising only a single chick every year or two, so captive-bred birds are scarce – which is why the black palm is the rarest of the exotic cockatoos for sale we breed. This is a bird for serious, experienced aviculturists, not a starter pet. Given the right expert home it is a calm, imposing and endlessly fascinating companion, known for “drumming” on branches with a held stick – a behaviour seen in almost no other bird. It needs an exceptionally large, reinforced enclosure and an owner who understands its specialised diet and temperament.

Black palms are not known as talkers; they make deep, distinctive calls and whistles rather than mimicking speech, and are kept for their presence and rarity rather than conversation. Expect loud natural vocalisations.

Care and lifespan

Provide a heavy-duty enclosure built for that powerful beak, plenty of hardwood branches to chew, and a specialised diet rich in palm nuts, other nuts, fruit and vegetables – even more demanding than large white species such as the Moluccan cockatoo. Adults reach about 22-24 inches (55-60 cm) and can live 40 to 60 years or more with expert care.

Black palm cockatoo at a glance

Buying a black palm cockatoo for sale

As a rare species the black palm is a premium bird: ours start at $12,000 as hand-raised males or females at 6-12 months or 1-3 years old, each with a 100% health guarantee, a detailed care manual and 24/7 support. Choose an age and sex above to reserve this black palm cockatoo for sale, or view every one of our cockatoo birds for sale.