3 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 19 Jan 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 18 Jan 2022 | LisaH |
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Wow! This afternoon I was super-fortunate to hear and see, perhaps the largest flock of gang gangs I've observed. Initially, I heard very loud cha-cha-chaing as young birds begged for food. When I searched for the source of the noise, I saw gang gangs, male and female, flying and fluttering and settling low onto branches, then onto the ground. As I knew they weren't ground feeders, I could not work out what they were doing until I crept closer - and there they were, drinking from a hidden hollow of water. And just so many! Unfortunately, these were the best photos I could take. I'm wondering if one of the drinking females is a fledgling? Around ten birds flew from the drinking hole. However, for the next hour or so, I estimate twenty-plus birds grazed on the trees around this glade (see next sighting)
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Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River QPRC LGA
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2022 11:10 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Additional information
- True Nesting site
- 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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