Adelaide Zoo Behind the Scenes Experience: Cockatoo Encounter

Visit: Adelaide Zoo

Join the keeper in entering the home of the Australian parrots, including Palm Cockatoos and Red-Tail Black Cockatoos to name just a few. You’ll enjoy getting to know the unique personalities of the 'cockies' whilst learning more about the species and providing them some of their daily treats.

Adelaide Zoo is home to two inquisitive male Red-tailed Black Cockatoos; Banks and Jimmy.

Banks was donated to the zoo in 2001 and has since become a firm favorite amongst visitors. In 2006 Banks experienced a taste of the limelight as the mascot bird for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He’s very friendly and enjoys interacting with visitors in his Wetlands Aviary habitat. His favorite treat is peanuts in the shell.

Jimmy was donated to the zoo in October 2009 when his former owned moved interstate. Like his cockatoo counterpart, Banks, he’s very friendly and loves interacting with visitors while hanging of the mesh of his aviary. As well as enjoying human company, he also loves enrichment, especially bunya pine nuts, peanut treats, pine cones and anything he can chew and play with!

Banks and Jimmy are excellent ambassadors for important conservation work happening in the field.

This experience also includes a full day access to Adelaide Zoo to experience the lush botanic CBD zoo, 15-minute walk from Rundle Mall in the heart of Adelaide.