Zanda funerea

2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Zanda funerea	4 Jul 2019	Illilanga
	Zanda funerea	3 Jul 2019	JonSteinbeck

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User's notes

Four of these impressive looking parrots flew in from the south, over my head in a diamond-shaped formation, towards Black Mountain. I initially thought they had flown on past Campbell Park until I heard them nearby and saw them in a tree. The bird in the photograph started lower on the branch but climbed up to where he is in the photograph. When he was at the top of the branch he called out. He was constantly looking towards the north. Without any apparent reason the three other birds flew off to the north. After a few seconds this bird also flew off in that direction.

2 comments

waltraud wrote:

4 Jul 2019

The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos love pine seeds and were most likely heading to the Majura pine plantation.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

6 Jul 2019

Many thanks for the information Waltruad, the direction makes perfect sense. I am glad there are pine trees around to attract these birds. All the best

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Location information

Coordinates 149.171175 -35.278035
Altitude 608.4m
Maps Mount Ainslie
Places Majura, ACT

Sighting information

4 Abundance
23 Jun 2019 08:03 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

Species information

Zanda funerea Scientific name
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
-13.41m to 1830m Recorded at altitude
1025 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Calyptorhynchus funereus

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