Callocephalon fimbriatum

2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

Callocephalon fimbriatum	24 Sep 2023	Liam.m
Callocephalon fimbriatum	23 Sep 2023	CarbonAI
Callocephalon fimbriatum	23 Sep 2023	LisaH

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The story at School Hollow - the galahs are nesting, and the gang gangs are back! However, as they were unable to work on their preferred hollow because of the current inhabitants (photo 4), they glided to another hollow close by (which held duck eggs last year, so I think of it as Duck Hollow - photos 2 & 3). I'd noticed last week that some work had happened at the hollow, but it seems a lot more work is being done. I thought this might be their backup hollow, as they proceeded to enthusiastically chew around the hollow and a nearby limb. However, after a few minutes, there was a call from another pair of incoming gang gangs. The School pair skedaddled back towards their hollow, and a new pair swooped in (next sighting). Half an hour later, and the School pair were sitting in branches above their hollow, where the non-sitting galah also perched (photo 5), before being overwhelmed by raucous sulphur-crested cockatoos. The two pair of gang gangs flew off for the night.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

24 Sep 2023

Thanks Lisa great observations

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Places Hughes, ACT

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Gang-gang movement study - sightings of identifiable birds LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Parrots Birds

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True Nesting site

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