1 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 11 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 11 Feb 2021 | JackyF |
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Male and female juvenile Gang-gangs with both parents (adult female photo 5). Chewing bark in liquidambar, briefly chewing each other (photo 3), male begged for a while but adults did not feed him.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
11 Feb 2021
The common name of Liquidamber is sweet gum which relates to its sweet brown sap that oozes when bark is bitten into. It is a traditional remedy for coughs, skin complaints and ulcers. A chemical derived from the sap (storax) is used as a antimicrobial agent and works on golden staph. So maybe these Gang gangs are onto something
Location information
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2021 12:28 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- Mixed Gender
- True Repeat Observation
Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
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- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
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