Corcorax melanorhamphos
2 White-winged Chough at Deakin, ACT
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| Corcorax melanorhamphos | natureguy | 21 Dec 2018 | |
| Corcorax melanorhamphos | JonSteinbeck | 20 Dec 2018 |
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I was able to photograph a group of about five White-winged Choughs who were walking through a sunny patch towards where I was standing. While I was photographing these choughs there was a call from further up the hill, possibly from a Noisy Friarbird, and all the bird life changed their behaviour. The choughs took to the trees, looking around them; the one I was paying attention to flinched at a shadow of another bird. I wondered if they knew that call signalled an aerial threat, as a little further up the hill I saw two friarbirds agitated by the presence of a Brown Goshawk.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103297-35.324605
- Altitude 663.0m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2018 08:10 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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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