Cacatua galerita

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Cacatua galerita	9 Dec 2018	natureguy
	Cacatua galerita	8 Dec 2018	JackyF

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User's notes

Following on from sighting of 26 November, I see this pair at this hollow most days including in the evening.

2 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:

11 Dec 2018

What is the purpose of the thing over the hollow?

JackyF wrote:

11 Dec 2018

Ryo - Before we moved here, someone nailed large metal flaps over some nesting hollows, presumably with the idea of encouraging birds. I know of two still in place. Cheers Jacky

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Location information

Coordinates 149.098201 -35.327908
Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
7 Dec 2018 10:17 AM Recorded on
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Breeding distribution of sulphur-crested cockatoos in the ACT JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Cacatua galerita Scientific name
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1174m Recorded at altitude
902 images trained Machine learning
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