Hello!
Someone know if I can find the australian black cockatoo around Dubbo NSW?
Maybe you know some nice spot for bird watching?
Thank you!
Hi Erica, there are 5 species of black cockatoo, and I think 3 of them in NSW. I’m not from that side, but in the SW of WA at least, they feed on Eucalypt species with big seeds, so try habitat dominated by those species. You can see where they’ve been feeding by the half eaten seeds on the floor.
That said, they are really mobile, and can pop up at any time, so it’s good to familiarise yourself with their calls, keep an ear out, and as soon as you hear them look up!
Try listening to this audio and see if you recognise the call.
Thank you for the great advice! 
I’m further south, but around here the yellow-tailed black cockatoos are frequently seen in pine trees, breaking open the pinecones to get at the seeds. However I see on the map that that species isn’t seen around Dubbo.
Other species of black cockatoo love sheoak seeds, although again, looking at the distribution maps it doesn’t look like those species are seen near Dubbo either.
I think you might have to be satisfied with sulphur-crested cockatoos and little corellas - they seem to be the only cockatoo species with observations in Dubbo.
Welcome to the forum, Erica!
I was thinking about sharing a link to eBird, since it’s a very popular platform for observing birds. And I couldn’t help you personally (although I wanted to), because I haven’t been to Australia in a quarter century, and I was never much of a bearder to begin with.
But birds are the most popular taxon in the world, so I was hoping that some friendly forum members would chime in with great advice, which they did! It’s great to see the iNat community supporting each other!
eBird tends to have more observations for birds specifically than iNat.
Going by that it seems glossy black-cockatoos are the only species that reliably occurs close to you, and that Goobang National Park is the most reliable area for them near you, but they’re still only seen on about 1/3 of visits, so may take repeat trips. There are also some observations in Goonoo State Conservation area, though they seem rarer there (only showing up on ~1/6 checklists).
If you want to explore more locations you can use this map, but you’ll need an eBird account: