Zanda funerea

2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

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Identification history

	Zanda funerea	12 Jun 2020	MatthewFrawley
	Zanda funerea	12 Jun 2020	JonSteinbeck

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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

MatthewFrawley wrote:

12 Jun 2020

They might have been feeding, as they like to eat the seeds of casuarinas.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

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.

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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
Collections
BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

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
1025 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Calyptorhynchus funereus

Australian Capital Territory

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