Gang-gang Cockatoos are often seen in the gardens of Canberra’s inner suburbs, particularly those near the bushland reserves of Black Mountain, Aranda and Mt Ainslie. It is part of the logos of both Canberra Ornithologists Group and ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands. The Gang-gang Cockatoo is such a distinctive and appealing bird that it is the faunal emblem for the ACT. Maps AARON POLY 1 Aaron Test Map Aarons Farm ANBG ANBG South Annex Aranda Bushland ATEST2 Australian National University Badja State Forest Bago State Forest Bango Nature Reserve Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Bees Nest Nature Reserve Bicentennial Park Bimberi Nature Reserve Birrigai Black Andrew Nature Reserve Black Flat at Corrowong Black Mountain Bluetts Block Area Bogandyera Nature Reserve Bondi Gulf Nature Reserve Bondi State Forest Bondo State Forest Boro Brindabella National Park Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Bungongo State Forest Bungonia National Park Bungonia State Conservation Area Burnt School Nature Reserve Burrinjuck Nature Reserve Caladenia Forest, O'Connor Callum Brae Campbell Park Woodland Central Molonglo City Renewal Authority Area Clarkes Hill Nature Reserve Commonwealth & Kings Parks Coolangubra State Forest Cooleman Ridge Coolumbooka Nature Reserve Coornartha Nature Reserve Corroboree Park Cotter Reserve Courabyra Nature Reserve Dangelong Nature Reserve Deua National Park (CNM area) Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Ellerslie Nature Reserve Emu Creek Farrer Ridge Federal Golf Course Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Fowles St.Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Receive alerts of new sightings Subscribe Location information Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name.If you come across a new distinctive Gang-gang please give it a name and add it to this gallery of distinctive beauties, by adding it as a sighting.Ĭallocephalon fimbriatum is listed in the following regions: Gang-gangs are so dextourous that any physical banding or marking of birds is frought with difficulties, so we are really relying on you for this important information.
In addition to local movement, your sightings will help tell us how far birds may travel in a day or two to access bird seed feeding points and how important (either in a positive or negative way) this feeding may be to maintaing Canberra's Gang-gang population. Please keep an eye out and report any sighting of these birds. We hope to learn more about how Gang-gangs move through the landscape from further recordings of Baldy and other Gang-gangs with distinctive features, such as Pie (with one eye), Jake (with the peg leg) and the distinguished Goldfeather. Nearly all we know about local Gang-gang movements has come from reported sightings of the distinctive male "Baldy" who travelled up to 4km to forage when feeding two chicks in the nest. Please look-out for distinctive Gang-gangs The Red Hill Regenerator site also has a link to a guide to Gang-gang nesting behaviour which give clues as to what to watch out for at the beginning and as the breeding season progresses. If you could report any such activity that would be fantastic. From now till mid October is when Gang-gangs are most noisy and active in their search for a nesting hollow so it is a good time to keep an eye out for any Gang-gang activity in or near a hollow. The page also has a summary of the outcomes to date from the nest hollow citizen science research. A summary of the Gang-gang diet report and a link to the full report can be read and accessed at the bottom of this page Thanks to all who have provided records for the citizen science Gang-gang diet and nesting ecology studies, We have considereably expanded what is known about the Gang-gang and have informed many conservation and planing actions. Australia's expert verified citizen science platform donate