Callocephalon fimbriatum
3 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Deakin, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MatthewFrawley | 9 Nov 2025 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | LisaH | 30 Oct 2025 |
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New hollow (well, for me it is). Female was resting, but the colour of her feet suggest she had been excavating? She was snapping at some bees between shut-eye. The male was excavating, and there were bees visible - as well as a pair of eastern rosellas. I was struck by the intensity and beauty of the colours of his back in the sun - I don't recall seeing such colourful hues on a gang-gang before. The male took quite a bit of detritus out of the hollow, and I wondered if he was taking out honeycomb? I went back to inspect the base of the tree, and actually found egg shell and some fluffy feathers, directly below the hollow - nothing bee-like
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30 Oct 2025
Thanks Lisa
I was also checking tree hollows in this area this morning and came across this pair doing exactly what you described and they were still there when I returned half an hour later - Yes it is a new hollow - hoping it is used this year
I was also checking tree hollows in this area this morning and came across this pair doing exactly what you described and they were still there when I returned half an hour later - Yes it is a new hollow - hoping it is used this year
30 Oct 2025
Yes I believe that hollow is new for this year.... If it's where I believe it to be I have definitely seen some good activity over that way this last few weeks but hadn't got around to actually checking the hollow.
31 Oct 2025
Interesting. @MichaelMulvaney - did you see the egg shell? If so, what do you think it was?
Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
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- Yes Nesting site
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- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5980m Recorded at altitude
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Callocephalon fimbriatum
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