Callocephalon fimbriatum
4 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Deakin, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MichaelMulvaney | 16 Sep 2021 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | JonSteinbeck | 16 Sep 2021 |
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I noticed a female Gang-gang Cockatoo high in what appeared to be a dead tree, which was missing its crown. Initially, all I could see was her but no male. She was at the entrance to a northward facing hollow right at the top of the tree. It seemed to be a large hollow and she would occasionally bend inside making me think that she was looking for water rather than looking at a nesting hollow because she stayed outside, although she didn’t raise her head to let the water flow down her throat. I thought that she was alone until the male took off from a branch further down the tree. He stayed very low, flying almost at my head height very close past to a wattle tree just behind me, where he perched on a lower branch. Once in the tree he moved around a little until he found some wattle blossoms to munch on. He was not perturbed by my presence, occasionally looking at me while he snacked away. I didn’t stay too long because I did not want to worry him
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16 Sep 2021
Fantastic observations - scoring two goals with the one kick (feeding and hollow)- This is the first amongst 1300 feeding records of a Gang-gang eating wattle blossom in this case of Acacia decurrens. Thanks keep them coming
Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Wattle What is Gang-gang eating
- Mixed Gender
- Is perched in or near the hollow Bird behaviour at hollow
- Yes Nesting site
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- BIrdsinCanberra 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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Callocephalon fimbriatum
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JFMAMJJASOND
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