Gang-gang Cockatoo (named birds) at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) | 21 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 20 Aug 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) | 20 Aug 2025 | CathB |
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Baldy and partner were feeding high in a backyard tree, possibly an ironbark. They seemed to be eating insects rather than seeds. Yesterday (19 Aug), I found the half-tree in which his 2023-24 hollow was located had broken off right at the base and was lying on the ground. It had still been standing 24 hours earlier when I was watching a pair of crimson rosellas investigating another hollow on it.
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
21 Aug 2025
Thanks Cath
Yes - hollows may take a long time to form but many are worryingly short-lived. Of our 80 known Canberra nest hollows this is now the tenth loss in our 7.5 years of watching and most trees we have only been watching for less than 4 years.
Good to see Baldy and partner back for another year - I wonder where they will nest this year.
Yes - hollows may take a long time to form but many are worryingly short-lived. Of our 80 known Canberra nest hollows this is now the tenth loss in our 7.5 years of watching and most trees we have only been watching for less than 4 years.
Good to see Baldy and partner back for another year - I wonder where they will nest this year.
Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
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Species information
- Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (named birds) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 650m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Callocephalon fimbriatum
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