Callocephalon fimbriatum
2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Griffith, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MatthewFrawley | 10 May 2021 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | roymcd | 10 May 2021 |
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Juvenile Gang-gang feeding on privet in suburban garden while his parents ate sunflower seed a few metres away.
6 comments
10 May 2021
Thanks Roy - Really appreciate your photos and information of Gang Gang food items - privet and sunflower seed. Hopefully we will get many more like them to give us a good idea of what Gang Gangs are eating. Dirk Junior has his father's piercing eyes.
10 May 2021
Maybe I should leave all the privet instead of removing it. Do you think it eats hawthorn too?
11 May 2021
Yes it will be interesting to see how much "weed" species compose of their diet - Pistachio, Cotoneatser and Chinese Elms are other favourites. They are seed eaters who destroy seed so you could look at it in the way that you and the gang gangs make a formidable weed control team.
11 May 2021
Interestingly the Gang-gangs never touch the Cotoneaster at our house. (Maybe they can eat it if necessary, but it doesn't seem to be very popular with them). It would be interesting to know why they don't like Cotoneaster...???
On Red Hill I have seen the Gang-gangs pillaging the Cootamundra Wattle seeds when they are fresh and green, I thought I put one photo on CNM years ago but I can't find it.
I've attached link to my old photo of them eating Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata (Southern Blue Gum, Eurabbie)
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
At the time I thought it was quite interesting that this adult pair still had a begging juvenile with them in July.
On Red Hill I have seen the Gang-gangs pillaging the Cootamundra Wattle seeds when they are fresh and green, I thought I put one photo on CNM years ago but I can't find it.
I've attached link to my old photo of them eating Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata (Southern Blue Gum, Eurabbie)
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
At the time I thought it was quite interesting that this adult pair still had a begging juvenile with them in July.
11 May 2021
'Found'. Here is the Gang-gangs eating Cootamundra Wattle seeds.
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
Also some pics from Red Hill carpark summit with the Gang-gangs eating something.
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
Also some pics from Red Hill carpark summit with the Gang-gangs eating something.
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
11 May 2021
i've just put a link to the photos of gang-gangs eating redeye cicadas.
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
a seasonal delicacy for them i guess.....
Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo)
a seasonal delicacy for them i guess.....
Location information
- Places Griffith, ACT
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- roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Callocephalon fimbriatum Parrots Birds
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- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
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- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5980m Recorded at altitude
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Callocephalon fimbriatum
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