Callocephalon fimbriatum

4 Gang-gang Cockatoo at suppressed

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Identification history

	Callocephalon fimbriatum	25 Jan 2023	Liam.m
	Callocephalon fimbriatum	25 Jan 2023	TomW

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

26 Jan 2023

The Gang-gang is a nationally endangered species and just 25 nest sites were known across its range this year - nest hollows are difficult to locate

User's notes

Chick perched on edge of hollow. Observed calling to the male, stretching its wings regularly, scratching, preening and resting. Male feeding in a nearby tree, and female about 100 metres away (male flew from female to nest). Michael, I can email you more photos of the chick and both adults if necessary, though unfortunately it seems I did not get any of the wing stretching!

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 Jan 2023

Thanks Ben fantastic and sufficient images - thanks heaps for all the hours of watching you put in this year - great to get a precise date of fledging - will send a draft of the fledging vs altitude paper out when I have updated it - still two nests to fledge - It was a sugar glider in the other hollow

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Species information

Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
Sensitive
Very Rare / Threatened
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

3 Abundance
24 Jan 2023 10:05 AM Recorded on
TomW Recorded by

Additional information

Eucalyptus sp. nuts. What is Gang-gang eating
Mixed Gender
Is perched in or near the hollow Bird behaviour at hollow
True Nesting site
True Repeat Observation

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