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[[Image:G_G_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|nrg800|nrg800}}<br />Wombeyan Caves, [[New South Wales]], December 2009]]
[[Image:Gang-gang_Cockatoo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate]]
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;[[: Category:Callocephalon|Callocephalon]] fimbriatum
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Location: Canberra
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[[Image:IMG 6002pb.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Broc|Broc}}<br />Corangamite Lake Road, Victoria, June 2012]]
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32–37 cm (12½-14½ in)<br />
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Male
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*Grey overall plumage
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*Orange-red head and crest
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*White edging to upperparts feathers
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*Yellow edges to underparts feathers<br />
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Females have a dark head and yellow spots
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==Distribution==
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Coastal strip in south-east [[Australia]] ([[Victoria]], [[New South Wales]], and [[South Australia]])
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Woodland, often of the cooler and wetter variety. Suburban bushland. Wooded coastal plains.
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==Behaviour==
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Often inconspicuous, hidden in foliage, and best discovered by the sounds of breaking seed capsules.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of a variety of seeds, fruits and berries from native treeds and shrubs.
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====Breeding====
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They usually nest close to water. They place the nest about 20m up in a hollow eucalypt tree.
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==References==
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[[Image:Fast as light .jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|shutterbug_07|shutterbug_07}}<br />Beecroft, [[New South Wales]], July 2013]]
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018)
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#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Callocephalon+fimbriatum+ View more images of Gang-gang Cockatoo in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|Callocephalon+fimbriatum}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Callocephalon]]

Latest revision as of 00:51, 18 December 2018

Male
Photo © by nrg800
Wombeyan Caves, New South Wales, December 2009
Callocephalon fimbriatum

Identification

Female
Photo © by Broc
Corangamite Lake Road, Victoria, June 2012

32–37 cm (12½-14½ in)
Male

  • Grey overall plumage
  • Orange-red head and crest
  • White edging to upperparts feathers
  • Yellow edges to underparts feathers

Females have a dark head and yellow spots

Distribution

Coastal strip in south-east Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Woodland, often of the cooler and wetter variety. Suburban bushland. Wooded coastal plains.

Behaviour

Often inconspicuous, hidden in foliage, and best discovered by the sounds of breaking seed capsules.

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of seeds, fruits and berries from native treeds and shrubs.

Breeding

They usually nest close to water. They place the nest about 20m up in a hollow eucalypt tree.

References

Photo © by shutterbug_07
Beecroft, New South Wales, July 2013
  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018)
  3. BF Member observations

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