Callocephalon fimbriatum
3 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Hughes, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 4 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 1 Dec 2025 | LisaH |
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We heard lots of chatter, and then wandered into a banquet - gang-gangs feasting on redeye cicadas (we estimate around 20 gang-gangs, minimum). Astonishing! Birds swooping low, picking off the cicadas from tree trunks and branches; perching in shrubs, craning their necks and just grabbing the next morsel, methodically dismembering them before moving on. Too drunk on cicadas to worry about the awestruck humans . . . even flying to the ground to pick off the next cicada. I'm hoping there were a few breeding birds amongst them, to make the most of the protein for them and their brood. There was enough to share with sulphur-crested cockatoos. Just an amazing experience . . .
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- 16 - 100 Abundance
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- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Featured ACT Most Wanted! Birds To Look Out For Wingecarribee's Rare Animals Queanbeyan-Palerang Animals To Watch! NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species Callocephalon fimbriatum Parrots Birds
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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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