Gang-gang Cockatoo
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| Gang-gang Cockatoo Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | ||||||||||||||
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| Image:Gang-gang female MJC01.jpg Female Gang-gang Cockatoo | ||||||||||||||
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| Callocephalon fimbriatum (Grant, 1803) |
The Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum , is member of the cockatoo family. It is a shy, mostly-grey parrot of Australian alpine bushland. The male has a red head and crest while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. It ranges through out South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The Gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory.
Gang-gang Cockatoos require hollow tree trunks or branches to place their nesting sites. A loss of this habitat across south-eastern Australia through land clearing has led to a significant reduction in the numbers of this Cockatoo in recent years.
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 A female Gang-gang cockatoo eating peppercorns |
 Male Gang-gang cockatoo |
 Female Gang-gang cockatoo |
