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I love the way the youngster is snuggled beside his dad, and the pair-bonding activities of the parent birds were truly delightful to witness. I’m super busy so apologise for just sharing one image – though I hope you agree that it is a pretty spectacular shot of the interaction of this little family. Various programs are looking at installing nest boxes to enable the species to continue breeding. They’re primarily dark grey with white on the outer edges of their wings. Gang gang cockatoos are the clowns of the parrot world. The adult female has a dark grey head and crest. Red-Tailed Black cockatoos: 15,000 to 40,000: Slender-billed cockatoos: 3,000 to 4,000: Sulphur-crested cockatoos: 2,000 to 4,000: Triton cockatoos. The adult male has a distinctive scarlet red head and crest, with the rest of the body slate-grey. The Gang-gang Cockatoo, or Gang Gang for short, is a small, stocky cockatoo with a wispy crest, large, broad wings and a short tail. Loss of habitat, including from bushfires, has caused this exquisite species to be listed as Endangered. Not present in all other states and territories of Australia. Immature are like females with some red showing on head. Scalloping in the female is yellow orange. Both have scalloping which is faint in the male. The female (on right) has a muddy red and grey crest along with some muted. The male (pictured left) has distinctive slate grey plumage with red colouring all over the head, crest and face. It is uncommon in its range through Victoria and south NSW. Gang-gangs have a wispy recurved crest that is bright red in the male and gray in the female. The Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) must be the most unusual member of this family. There have been occasional recordings in the Garden Bird Survey of many other species, including Cockatiel (63). The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is also present. Gang-gangs need hollows to nest in and sadly many hollow-bearing trees are being cut down. The Gang-gang cockatoo is a charming small gray cockatoo similar in size to the Rose-breasted cockatoo. Sulphur-crested and Gang-gang Cockatoos and Galahs are the most common in Canberra while the Little Corella has established itself in recent years in inner Canberra suburbs. Their calls are very different too, the gang-gangs soft creaky-door call is far more subtle than the raucous screech of the Sulphur-crested Cockies.
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Gang-gangs are small cockatoos, measuring about 34cm and weighing about 257g – compared to the much larger Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (last week’s species) that measure about 48cm and weigh about 833g. Many bird species engage in allopreening as a pair bonding activity, they mate for life and build very strong bonds. This week’s photograph shows Ma and Pa Gang-gang Cockatoo canoodling while the young male takes a nap – they were utterly gorgeous to watch. Gang-gang Cockatoo ( Callocephalon fimbriatum)