Zanda funerea
2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
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| Zanda funerea | MatthewFrawley | 12 Jun 2020 | |
| Zanda funerea | JonSteinbeck | 12 Jun 2020 |
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User's notes
A group of about five Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were in a stand of conifers that straddled a narrowing of the Murrumbidgee River just downstream from Kambah Pool. The trees were not tall and the birds were in the lower branches. Unfortunately, I could not see what they were doing in the trees and the female bird I photographed had just flown to the branch in the shot and after I took a few photos she and the group took off.
2 comments
12 Jun 2020
They might have been feeding, as they like to eat the seeds of casuarinas.
24 Jun 2020
Hi Matthew, Many thanks for that info. I wish they had stayed around longer but I think they were a bit nervous about my interest. Cheers.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.011507-35.393100
- Altitude 518.9m
- Maps Kambah Pool
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 7 Jun 2020 08:58 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Species information
- Zanda funerea Scientific name
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -13.41m to 1830m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Calyptorhynchus funereus
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
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