Cacatua galerita
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Garran, ACT
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| Cacatua galerita | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Apr 2023 |
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This cockatoo appears to be suffering from feather and beak disease, which is contagious between parrots. It was on the ground next to a house in Ingamels street Garran that regularly feeds parrots. It is within a few hundred metres of several known Gang-gang nest trees and I have seen Gang-gangs and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos being fed together at this house. Within 100m of the feed house I am also aware of two drink trees in which I have observed both Gang-gangs and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos drinking from the same hollow stored water sources. We have lost Gang-gangs to beak and feather disease. Reason to question the worth of feeding or at least how carefully and hygienically you do it.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.105104-35.338213
- Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Apr 2023 05:07 PM Recorded on
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
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- Cacatua galerita Scientific name
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1174m Recorded at altitude
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