1 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Crace, ACT
Identification history
| Callocephalon fimbriatum | 28 Sep 2022 | waltraud |
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Solo male - seems youngish. Red crest not vivid
At first thought it was female but has red crest. Not sure if a nesting location
5 comments
waltraud
wrote:
28 Sep 2022
Yes, an immature young male with only a partially red helmet.
I didn't realize before that immature males have also these colour-fringed chest feathers which give a kind of barred effect like in an adult female Gang-gang.
I didn't realize before that immature males have also these colour-fringed chest feathers which give a kind of barred effect like in an adult female Gang-gang.
RosD
wrote:
28 Sep 2022
The coloured barred chest threw me initially but the red helmet was the male id
Presume not yet a mating partner??
Presume not yet a mating partner??
waltraud
wrote:
28 Sep 2022
I think females will not take notice of adolecent, but I'm not a bird person...
Liam.m
wrote:
28 Sep 2022
From memory Gang gangs only reach sexual maturity at the age of 3/4. This bird is definitely younger than that.
RosD
wrote:
28 Sep 2022
Thanks for your follow up - he’s probably from the last year or two - the mating couple there!
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- Maps Gungaderra Grasslands
- Places Crace, ACT
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- Callocephalon fimbriatum Scientific name
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Common name
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