Corcorax melanorhamphos

2 White-winged Chough at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

	Corcorax melanorhamphos	8 Jun 2020	MatthewFrawley
	Corcorax melanorhamphos	8 Jun 2020	JonSteinbeck

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There may have been two groups at The Pinnacle on this morning as there seemed to be some commotion and the group split before one half went much further away. The group in the photograph went to two trees, across a dirt road from each other. The group started preening, both individually and each other. Something then attracted the majority of the group and the birds left individually to fly to the nearby ground. On the ground they started looking for food, including several juveniles. They later formed a grazing group. They were calling to each other the whole time, making a range of noises. They were swooped by at least one magpie in a pair that were in the same area. Every time the magpie swooped the choughs seemed to detect the approaching bird and quickly edged closer where they seemed to all turn their bills upward and loudly call. Once the swoop was over they spread out again and went back to looking for food.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.042907 -35.261828
Altitude 637.6m
Maps The Pinnacle
Places Dunlop, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
31 May 2020 09:11 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
839 images trained Machine learning

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