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As part of celebrating 50 years of activity in the ACT and region, COG is running a citizen science project to learn more about Gang-gangs within the COG Area of Interest which stretches from Goulburn to Adaminaby and Burrinjuck Dam to Lake Bathurst.
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Despite this, little is known about the ecology of the Gang-gang within the ACT region, about its abundance, movements or what affects movement patterns, about its food preferences or seasonal distribution, or the frequency or success of breeding events. It is the logo of COG and of the ACT Parks and Conservation Service. The Gang-gang holds special significance for the Canberra Ornithologist Group (COG) and the ACT. The 2014 project report page can be found here.Īrchival Gang-gang Survey Information below Gang-gang survey project reports and press You can still report Gang-gang sightings for the period up to the end of February, but please don’t report any new sightings to the special survey.Ī big thank you to all those who participated! Results and data will be published in a future edition of COG’s publication Canberra Bird Notes. The survey finished at the end of February 2015. In 2014 bird lovers were invited to submit sightings of Gang-gang Cockatoos over the last year to a special survey using the Atlas of Living Australia. Of interest one site has already been reported for August 2015. The project team will also be contacting original GG survey participants who submitted observations about nesting and breeding behaviour, to invite them to record observations over this breeding season.įor any enquiries please email Note that all locations will remain confidential. If you are unable to access the on-line form for some reason, simply send the details by email to the address below. On these return visits, if there is no activity, please still fill in the form and enter a zero for numbers and add the words ‘This is a zero Gang-gang report’ in the notes section. If possible, regularly return to the site and record any further activity. Please do this by submitting an Incidental Record Form and providing information on the location, number of birds and their activity. Please report sightings of Gang-gangs showing interest in potential nest hollow sites or any other indications of breeding. From these sites only one appears to have produced young, although it is unknown how frequently any of the sites were revisited. An analysis of the survey results has provided 150 records from 50 observers of Gang-gangs hollow inspecting. This is a follow up to last year’s successful GG Survey. The purpose is to obtain further information on the breeding of Gang-gangs within the COG Area of Interest. The GG team (Chris Davey and Kathy Eyles) would like to obtain further details on hollow inspecting during this coming breeding season. Listing of the birds will mean developments likely to trigger a significant impact on the species must be assessed under national laws.A Gang-gang Cockatoo checks out a possible breeding hollow That decline was expected to continue because increased heatwaves and fire frequency as a result of the climate emergency were increasing pressure on the species across its range, with bushfires likely to reduce the amount of nesting habitat available to the birds. The bushfires affected 36% of the birds’ range, leading to an estimated further drop in numbers of 21%. The scientific committee wrote in draft advice last year that gang-gang populations had already declined by between 15% and 69% before the fires. The bird is one of several plants and animals that required assessment after the 2019-20 bushfire disaster a number of other species are also expected to be added to the threatened list. They are a common sight in Canberra, where they are often found in back yards in the inner suburbs and in nearby bushland reserves. The adult males are known for their distinctive red facial feathers. Gang-gangs are small, grey cockatoos found throughout south-eastern Australia.