Callocephalon fimbriatum

Gang-gang Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Callocephalon fimbriatum	3 Oct 2022	Amata
	Callocephalon fimbriatum	3 Oct 2022	LisaH

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User's notes

Adult male and female quietly talking and eating in trees close by this hollow. I suspect this hollow produced a male and female fledgling last year - there was no sign of the young ones when the photo was taken. Note red feather near right-hand side of head, near crest.

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

4 Oct 2022

Thanks Lisa - very exciting

LisaH wrote:

5 Oct 2022

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Location information

Places Hughes, ACT

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LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Parrots Birds

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Both eating nuts from trees close by What is Gang-gang eating
Mixed Gender
Looking into the hollow Bird behaviour at hollow
True Nesting site
True Repeat Observation

Species information

Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
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Endangered *
Non-invasive or negligible
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