Callocephalon fimbriatum
Gang-gang Cockatoo at Stromlo, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Sep 2021 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | RobG1 | 26 Sep 2021 |
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I came across the group of feathers in the first photos, I wasn't sure what they were. A couple of metres further I came across two wings (One of the wings is pictured in the fifth photo). A metre further on I, unfortunately, came across the leg, spine, and head of a male Gang-gang. Most of the flesh had been picked off. It was a fairly recent kill, as I had been to the same area the day before and it wasn't there.
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26 Sep 2021
I thought that a Wedge-tail Eagle may have been the culprit and asked Stuart Rae about this. Stuart said...|The feather in photo 1 has been plucked not bitten off so likely a raptor not a cat. Although if any other feathers were bitten off it was a cat. A wedgie would have eaten the wing bones not picked them clean. A goshawk would not crunch the bones from the spine. So it does look like a Little Eagle could be a very possible candidate. They can crunch small bones. They eat rosellas whole. Gang gangs are sitting targets at the moment as the birds, especially the males are sitting outside their holes. LEs snatch rosellas when they do that, and there are plenty of them doing the same thing just now. "
So one threatened species may be sustenance for another one. Thanks for posting this interesting sighting.
So one threatened species may be sustenance for another one. Thanks for posting this interesting sighting.
Location information
- Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- RobG1 Recorded by
- Male Gender
- N/A Bird behaviour at hollow
Collections
- RobG1 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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Synonyms
Callocephalon fimbriatum
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