1 Gang-gang Cockatoo at O'Malley, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 15 Jan 2021 | natureguy | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 13 Jan 2021 | roymcd |
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The two chicks experiencing a little bit of heat stress but they seemed to be doing ok.
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roymcd
wrote:
26 Jan 2021
Just making a further brief comment on the field observation for benefit of future reference and research. Nest was in a completely dead tree. Chicks were observed multiple times experiencing heat stress. This was mitigated to some extent by standing at the shelf-like nest entrance, which fortuitously allowed such behaviour. The stronger chick stood on the shelf to the right of image, in a much cooler, ventilated position, and was not panting. The weaker chick stood at nest entrance and was constantly panting (as seen in this image). Both chicks survived and fledged, one day apart from eachother. Broader implication is that depending on the nest, chicks can indeed die from heat stress.
Location information
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Survey points GG124 GG160
- Places O'Malley, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2021 01:15 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
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Additional information
- Female Gender
- Seen entering hollow Hollow nester behaviour
- True Nesting site
- True Repeat Observation
Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
- 4413 images trained Machine learning
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