Corcorax melanorhamphos
1 White-winged Chough at Deakin, ACT
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| Corcorax melanorhamphos | ArcherCallaway | 6 Dec 2018 | |
| Corcorax melanorhamphos | JonSteinbeck | 5 Dec 2018 |
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I saw a group of six choughs in a tree building a nest on Red Hill. I saw at least four different birds involved in building this nest. The juvenile bird was also assisting. Each bird would fly in with wet mud, mixed with vegetation in the end of its beak. It would deposit the muddy contribution on the foundation then alternate the side of its beak to pat the mud down. The bird would pat along one side of the nest then turn its beak around before coming back down that same side of the nest under construction.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.099360-35.324163
- Altitude 610.0m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 30 Nov 2018 07:41 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Corcorax melanorhamphos Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Corcorax melanorhamphos Scientific name
- White-winged Chough Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899.7m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
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