Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami
5 Glossy Black-Cockatoo at Hackett, ACT
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| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | abread111 | 22 Oct 2022 | |
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | KorinneM | 22 Oct 2022 | |
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | rawshorty | 22 Oct 2022 |
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2 comments
27 Nov 2022
I sent these and other images of the Mt Majura Glossy Black Cockatoo to the "Glossies in the Mist" team who are using facial and tail feather markings on females to identify Glossy family groups. Erna Llenore got back to me saying that they were confident that we are seeing the one group of birds on Mt Majura and that the female observed is not one of the Southern Highland birds. Erna did note" that the closer our sightings get to Canberra the more they resemble her. This fits with our sense that family groups pass on similar facial markings. She’s probably a distant relative of our more southerly birds!"
27 Nov 2022
@MichaelMulvaney. Yes I did get that email from Erna after I sent her more photos of the tail of the female and expressed an interest in her finding. Interesting stuff.
Location information
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- rawshorty Recorded by
- Yes Chewed sheoak cones
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- rawshorty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Parrots Birds
Species information
- Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Scientific name
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -34.96m to 867m Recorded at altitude
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Nesting site
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