Callocephalon fimbriatum
4 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Deakin, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MichaelMulvaney | 31 Dec 2019 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | TomT | 31 Dec 2019 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
1 Jan 2020
After three years watching this hollow has been confirmed as a Gang Gang breeding site, also great story re plight of this young female and dad fixing the problem
User's notes
This is the first sighting of a chick at this hollow. We thought there were chicks there the previous two years but had not seen them.
This female Gang gang chick is stuck on the edge of this very steep hollow. She was obviously preparing to fledge when her wing got stuck on the outside and her leg was on the inside. She had her eyes shut when I first arrived, so may have been there for a while. The parents flew in after about 20mins. She was trying to get her wing back in but was unable and was obviously distressed.
I tried to get help but was unable to contact anyone with climbing gear. I left close to dark. Jackie F will continue the story.
1 comment
1 Jan 2020
Thanks so much Tom for the first nestling sighting at this hollow (after three years of trying) and for efforts to enlist help for the jammed nestling. Please see sighting 4246819, which takes up the story from the parents' return at about 8.30pm.
Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- TomT Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- My flagged sightings Significant TomT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Callocephalon fimbriatum Parrots Birds
Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5980m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
-
Synonyms
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Seasonal activity
-
Nesting site
JFMAMJJASOND
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- GPS evidence of location