Gang-gang Cockatoo at Burra, NSW
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 20 Jan 2021 | Liam.m | ||
| Unverified | 20 Jan 2021 | SusanStone |
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Gang gangs in the hawthorns and also stripping my Banksia, about 25 pairs, beautiful and very chatty.
5 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Jan 2021
Susan the main photo looks to be of a young bird. Though it may have be born last year. Fledgling has only occurred in the Canberra region in the last few weeks which makes me suspect that if this is a very young bird, you may have a breeding hub nearby (in Canberra Gang gangs seem to prefer to breed close to each other). Have you noticed gang gangs using tree hollows in your vicinity? Would you be interested in looking out for breeding sites next spring - early summer.
SusanStone
wrote:
20 Jan 2021
Hi,
Thank you! There’s so many here over the last few weeks, they come in the morning and have been hanging about in the hawthorn!
Yes, will be searching for their nesting areas. And yes interested fit next season too!
Such a unique call, but I’ve never seen this amount. We’ve only been here fir a couple of years, much to learn about what is here. The place is teaming with wildlife. We do have many trees that they could be in older massive gums many with hollows.
Thank you! There’s so many here over the last few weeks, they come in the morning and have been hanging about in the hawthorn!
Yes, will be searching for their nesting areas. And yes interested fit next season too!
Such a unique call, but I’ve never seen this amount. We’ve only been here fir a couple of years, much to learn about what is here. The place is teaming with wildlife. We do have many trees that they could be in older massive gums many with hollows.
Illilanga
wrote:
23 Jan 2021
Hi Susan. Thanks for the interesting and very useful sighting. Could you please also amend the abundance numbers to be your best estimate single figure (e.g. 50) and do the same for future bird sightings. This is to fit into the general research survey standards for recording birds. The difference between 16 and 100 birds is substantial. Thanks, Sandra
SusanStone
wrote:
23 Jan 2021
Ok, thanks good to know!
I also have large numbers of grass parrots, black cockatoos, king parrots and many others that I’m trying to learn their names. Do you want those numbers too?
Sue
I also have large numbers of grass parrots, black cockatoos, king parrots and many others that I’m trying to learn their names. Do you want those numbers too?
Sue
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
23 Jan 2021
Thanks Sue - will be in touch re Gang gangs - Advice I have received from others is that the young bird was probably born last season
Re Numbers it is the number of birds that you see when taking the photo(s) that form the basis of a sighting record on Naturmapr. It helps to have exact numbers or pretty accurate estimates
Re Numbers it is the number of birds that you see when taking the photo(s) that form the basis of a sighting record on Naturmapr. It helps to have exact numbers or pretty accurate estimates
Location information
- Places Burra, NSW
Sighting information
- 50 Abundance
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SusanStone Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Callocephalon fimbriatum Parrots Birds
Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5980m Recorded at altitude
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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