Their tail bands are a solid scarlet red.īoth Carnaby’s and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos can be found in the Great western Woodlands. Young males emerge from the nest three months after hatching looking like their mothers but as they mature at about three years of age, their pure black adult feathers emerge. Their tails are like the colours of the sunset from yellow, orange to red. The females are not as brightly coloured as the males, and have a grey head and body with a barred breast and orange-red underparts. Gang-gang Cockatoos are small for cockatoos, usually around 33-36 cm long. Above: Red-headed male Gang gang cockatoo (Callocephalon. The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia.They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. The Gang-gang Cockatoo ( Callocephalon fimbriatum) is a small cockatoo with the male displaying a very distinctive scarlet head and crest. Females’ bodies are covered in black feathers edged in gold while their heads carry yellow spots. Nest predation of woodland birds in south-east Australia: importance of unexpected predators. The Gang-gang is a gorgeous, stocky, grey bird with a short tail. The highly decorative plumage of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo make it a favourite amongst bird watchers. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos are also declining due to urban expansion. This migratory species is declining rapidly due to the loss of around 87% of its woodland breeding habitat and as a result is listed as endangered. 1) and differ from Nestoridae and Psittacidae in a number of characteristics. This includes the endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo of south-west Western Australia. The 21 currently accepted cockatoo species (Table 1) are noted for their variation in plumage (Fig. Six Australian species are predominantly black.

Gang gang cockatoo predators