Callocephalon fimbriatum

2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Callocephalon fimbriatum	8 Sep 2019	Illilanga
	Callocephalon fimbriatum	7 Sep 2019	JonSteinbeck

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There were a pair of Gang-gangs in a group of trees that straddle the current golf course fence. Both birds were chewing at wood in various trees. They seemed interested in what may have been a hollow high up in a tree just outside of the golf course fence but neither went inside, so I am not sure how deep it was. The female was perched quietly in the tree while the male would call occasionally. At one stage, it appeared that the male chased the female from the hollow. He flew at her, calling out, causing her to quickly fly from that part of the tree to a nearby branch. The male did not pursue her. Later they both flew off to the west, after I had left the area of the tree. They may have returned a little while later as I heard some calling from where I had first seen them.

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Location information

Maps Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Parrots Birds

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True Nesting site
Mixed Gender
Chewing bark around hollow Hollow nester behaviour

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Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
Sensitive
Endangered *
Non-invasive or negligible
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