Callocephalon fimbriatum
4 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Aranda, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | Amata | 4 Sep 2022 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | RobParnell | 4 Sep 2022 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
5 Sep 2022
Baldy is a very distinctive bird - His recorded sightings are telling us much about Gang-gang movement. This and an earlier photo have confirmed that a mated pair return to the vicinity of where they nested previously and his movements last year set a distance 4km about how far a Gang-gang raising young will forage from a nest. Please keep the sightings coming in
User's notes
Could this be Baldy and partner dining on biodynamic Aranda Bushland? I think I just missed observing copulation as both birds flew off from the same obscured location. Nearby was a very salubrious nest box, though neither bird showed any interest.
1 comment
5 Sep 2022
Thanks Rob - yes this is Baldy on the return - it appears that his crest regrowth has not been as spectacular as another photo suggested. Would appreciate further sightings of baldy.
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- RobParnell Recorded by
- Not observed What is Gang-gang eating
- Mixed Gender
Collections
- Gang-gang movement study - sightings of identifiable birds Significant RobParnell 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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Nesting site
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