1) Family name: Cacatuidae
2) Scientific name: Calyptorhynchus lathamu halmaturinus
3) English name: Glossy Black-Cockatoo
4) Subspecies survival status: Endangered (fewer than 150 individuals remain with a much smaller breeding population.  Much feeding habitat has been cleared and suitable nest trees seem scarce.
5) Former distribution: Kangaroo Island and southern Fleurieu Peninsula, possibly Eyre Peninsula and South East South Australia.
6) Current distribution: Now almost entirely confined to Kangaroo Island where it occurs on the north coast of the island west of Cape Cassini, the west coast, and north and east coasts of Dudely Peninsula, and at American River.  There are scattered records, past and present, from more southern and central parts of the island and infrequent reports from the southern Fleurieu Peninsula.
7) Habitat: Feeds in Drooping She-oak Allocasuarina verticillata and roosts and nests in large eucalypts with hollows.  Uses both uncleared land and partly cleared agricultural land.
8) Reasons for decline: Clearance for agriculture (confirmed), burning of habitat (speculative), competition for nest sites with introduced Honey Bee Apis (speculative).  Large areas of its former range have been cleared and that which remains may not be enough to sustain the population, especially if there is competition for nest holes or if major areas of habitat are burnt.
9) Conservation reserves on which subspecies occurs: Lathami Conservation Park, Western River Conservation Part, Cape Torrens Conservation Park.
10) Public land on which subspecies occurs: None
11) Other land on which subspecies occurs: Private agricultural land
12) Is knowledge about subspecies adequate for objectives and actions to be defined accurately?  No. a) Detailed information is required on lifetime home range and habitat requirements to test adequacy of sites for re-introduction.
13) Recovery plan objectives: a) To conserve present population.  b) To establish other populations within its former range.
14) Actions already initiated: a) Surveys of the population were carried out in 1980, 1987 and 1988 with assistance from the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service and the South Australian Ornithologists Association.  b) A 3-year study is currently being funded by the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service to look at flock composition, movements, foraging and breeding behavior.  c) Artificial nest hollows are being placed in trees in the hope of alleviating a possible shortage.  d) Drooping Casuarina is being planted on private land with assistance from the Bird Observers Club of Australia.
15) Actions required: a)  Undertake public education program to ensure habitat conservation.  b) Re-establish habitat at selected sites on the island and adjacent mainland.  c) Re-establish populations at other sites.  Detailed ecological information will be required to assess the adequacy of sites for introduction, both in terms of available food and nesting trees.  Active management may be required should there be problems with competition for nest sites or other manageable threats.
16) Organizations responsible for conservation os subspecies: South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.
17) Other organizations and individuals involved: South Australian Ornithologists Association, local naturalists groups, Bird Observers Club of Australia.
18) Can the recovery plan be carried out with existing resources?   No.