![]() The 2014 project report page can be found here.Īrchival Gang-gang Survey Information below Gang-gang survey project reports and press You can still report Gang-gang sightings for the period up to the end of February, but please don’t report any new sightings to the special survey.Ī big thank you to all those who participated! Results and data will be published in a future edition of COG’s publication Canberra Bird Notes. The survey finished at the end of February 2015. In 2014 bird lovers were invited to submit sightings of Gang-gang Cockatoos over the last year to a special survey using the Atlas of Living Australia. Of interest one site has already been reported for August 2015. The project team will also be contacting original GG survey participants who submitted observations about nesting and breeding behaviour, to invite them to record observations over this breeding season.įor any enquiries please email Note that all locations will remain confidential. If you are unable to access the on-line form for some reason, simply send the details by email to the address below. On these return visits, if there is no activity, please still fill in the form and enter a zero for numbers and add the words ‘This is a zero Gang-gang report’ in the notes section. If possible, regularly return to the site and record any further activity. Please do this by submitting an Incidental Record Form and providing information on the location, number of birds and their activity. Please report sightings of Gang-gangs showing interest in potential nest hollow sites or any other indications of breeding. ![]() From these sites only one appears to have produced young, although it is unknown how frequently any of the sites were revisited. An analysis of the survey results has provided 150 records from 50 observers of Gang-gangs hollow inspecting. This is a follow up to last year’s successful GG Survey. The purpose is to obtain further information on the breeding of Gang-gangs within the COG Area of Interest. The GG team (Chris Davey and Kathy Eyles) would like to obtain further details on hollow inspecting during this coming breeding season. Gang-gangs are very social birds, but not overly noisy.A Gang-gang Cockatoo checks out a possible breeding hollow The birds are not easily mistaken for other cockatoos, but while in flight may resemble the Galah. Juvenile males can be distinguished by their brighter crowns and shorter crests, but otherwise look similar to the adult female. ![]() The edges of feathers on upperarts are slightly paler grey than the rest of the feather, which makes the bird look somewhat barred. The edges of feathers in underparts have edges of yellow or pink. The head and crest is bright red in males, but dark grey in females. The gang-gang cockatoo is a grey bird with a wispy crest. The name gang-gang comes from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, probably from one of the coastal languages, although possibly from Wiradjuri. ![]() It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is described as resembling a creaky gate, or the sound of a cork being pulled from a wine bottle. The gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory. It ranges throughout south-eastern Australia. Mostly mild grey in colour with some lighter scalloping (more pronounced and buffy in females), the male has a red head and crest, while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. ![]() It is the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon. The gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. ![]()
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