Cacatua galerita

2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Cacatua galerita	3 Feb 2020	ArcherCallaway
	Cacatua galerita	3 Feb 2020	ruthkerruish

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Cockatoos have a habit of fluffing their cheek feathers over their beak, almost hiding it. These wild cockatoos normally flighty, seemed to be exhibiting calmness - no effort to fly away - maybe a reaction to the lack of smoke etc.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.098481 -35.338239
Altitude 621.7m
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
3 Feb 2020 08:00 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by
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ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

Species information

Cacatua galerita Scientific name
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1174m Recorded at altitude
883 images trained Machine learning
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