Corcorax melanorhamphos
1 White-winged Chough at Hughes, ACT
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| Corcorax melanorhamphos | Illilanga | 26 Oct 2019 | |
| Corcorax melanorhamphos | LisaH | 26 Oct 2019 |
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Such a caring species!
2 comments
27 Oct 2019
Did you know they often "kidnap" Chough fledglings from other flocks? To help tend their own chicks. ;)
27 Oct 2019
Thank you. Yes, I've heard this. But this little group was isolated from any other group because of the roads, I think. They were on their own little island until the chick could fly?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093441-35.328436
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 15 Oct 2019 01:23 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- LisaH 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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