Callocephalon fimbriatum
1 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Red Hill, ACT
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum | MichaelMulvaney | 31 Dec 2025 | |
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | LisaH | 30 Dec 2025 |
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A number of breeding gang-gangs in Canberra have been tagged with trackers, as part of a gang-gang movement study with ANU (and partners). The gang-gangs I've observed seem surprisingly (to me) undisturbed by the tracker (which will eventually fall off). I've seen no impediment to their lives - for example, I've watched them squeeze into small entrances of hollows, then plump themselves out again as they always do, at the mouth of the hollow. I was particularly intrigued to watch a pair allopreen each other, when the male was adorned by the tracker. I was sure the female would worry at the fastening to get rid of the tracker - but no, she just worked around it, and he enjoyed the attention.
These photos are of birds from a number of pairs, from different nests, so I've put an approximate location only.
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Location information
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
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- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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
Species information
- 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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