Black Cockatoo Reporting
TCG is starting an exciting new project to help breeding black cockatoos in your area, but we need your help!
Between October and November 2022 you could help us out by informing us when you see our black cockatoo friends!
We would like to know:
• What time did you see them?
• How many were there?
• Where were they (nearest crossroad or GPS coordinates)
• Where were they going (direction) or what were they doing?
Click Here to Report a Cockatoo Sighting!
or TEXT 0429 614 312
This information will really help us determine which areas we can target to provide food species or even nest boxes. For more information click here
As part of our new project Protecting and creating EPBC species habitat in a climate refugia, we want your help to monitor black cockatoos in our area!
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to our ecosystems, and impact on our fauna and flora, including the 3 threatened species of black cockatoos (Carnaby’s, Baudin’s and Forest Red-tailed).
Climate change is another major problem. Reduction in vegetation leads to a reduction in the buffering effects that vegetation can provide. We know cockatoos are foraging and breeding in this area, but we have no idea how much or where breeding is occurring.
There is also new research that improves cockatube (cockatoo nesting tube) location and design. Some of our previously installed 300mm cockatubes are now considered too narrow, which is believed to cause issues with the bird’s tails. The birds are also considered fussy and are far less likely to use these narrow tubes. Adding weight to this new research was our first successful breeding in a cockatube which was in a suitable location and the wider 400mm design.
Click here to view the video of the Carnaby chick from our first successful cockatube breeding.
Another problem is off-target species use of cockatubes. Lack of knowledge continues to influence environmental outcomes.
Here’s how you can help!
Report all of your black cockatoo sightings to us!
We want to know when and where they are visiting and nesting.
Click Here to Report a Cockatoo Sighting!
As part of this project, there will be 24 ha of revegetation; 23 km of fencing; protection of 76 ha of remnant vegetation; installation of 15 cockatubes; and offering 16 educational opportunities to our community over two years.
