2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 12 Nov 2021 | Liam.m | ||
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 12 Nov 2021 | CathB |
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I arrived at the site in sighting 4404794 and timeline to find some sort of territorial dispute in progress. There was much noise, and I found 4 birds in a tree across the track. Image 1 shows the new pair working on a hollow at lower left, while the original pair with the bald-headed male sit on a branch at upper right. In Image 2, the bald male attacks male 2 at the hollow while the two females stay out of the way. In Image 3, the bald male takes over the hollow while male 2 attacks female 1 and female 2 watches from below the hollow. Image 4 shows female 1 falling through the air towards female 2 after the attack. In the last image the two males fight at the hollow. The sequence is continued in the next sighting (4407815).
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Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Gang-gang movement study - sightings of identifiable birds CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Callocephalon fimbriatum Parrots Birds
Additional information
- True Nesting site
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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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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