General topics include taxonomy, habitat, distribution in the wild and captive management including housing, feeding and diet, breeding, incubation, handrearing and diets, growth rates, health and diseases, and black cockatoos as pets. Individual chapters detail 11 species and subspecies. Chapter on health and diseases is written by an avian veterinarian.
Neville and Noddy Connors experiences with black cockatoos span over two and a half decades. They maintain one of Australia's major parrot collections named Casuarina Parrot Gardens.