2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 24 Jun 2026 | Liam.m | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 24 Jun 2026 | TonyAshton |
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MichaelMulvaney noted:
27 Jun 2026
The darker a pair appear to be suffering from Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD). This is a highly contagious virus that survives and accumulates in the environment, including nesting hollows, and commonly shed from infected birds via feather dander, faeces, saliva, crop secretions and on bird feeders. There is no cure, and, as an immunosuppressive disease, can cause a range of issues. It results in a long and painful end of life for symptomatic infected birds. Classic symptoms are a dark oily appearance caused by lack of feather dander, gun metal grey feet, beak deformities, feather loss, and weight loss. Birds may exhibit some but not all of these symptoms. Please report whenever you see birds that may have PBFD.
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Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
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- 4 Abundance
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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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