2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Zanda funerea | 8 Apr 2026 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Zanda funerea | 7 Apr 2026 | HelenCross |
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A pair working on a hollow and a begging juvenile
6 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Apr 2026
Thanks Helen
We are watching a nest on Red Hill - the chick is close to fledgling. The chick from last year is in attendance and begs outside the nest but feeding is reserved for a chick inside the nest. I wonder if this is in fact an active nest tree - with a male and female, juvenile from last year and chick in the hollow - what do you think?
We are watching a nest on Red Hill - the chick is close to fledgling. The chick from last year is in attendance and begs outside the nest but feeding is reserved for a chick inside the nest. I wonder if this is in fact an active nest tree - with a male and female, juvenile from last year and chick in the hollow - what do you think?
HelenCross
wrote:
8 Apr 2026
Wow, I didn't realise they could be so late - I think that's likely here. I possibly couldn't hear the feeding as the juvenile was begging so loudly!
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Apr 2026
Did the adult female and male spend seperate time hidden in the hollow (about 5 minutes each if the feeding behaviour on Red Hill is typical)?
HelenCross
wrote:
8 Apr 2026
When I first saw them the female was in the hollow with the male sitting in a nearby tree. He eventually flew to the hollow and squeezed down into it while she was sitting in the side of the hollow. He spent around 3 minutes in there before coming out and they all flew off
Location information
- Coordinates 148.887280-35.456388
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 7 Apr 2026 12:38 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Zanda funerea Scientific name
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -13.41m to 1830m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Calyptorhynchus funereus
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