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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. It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is often described as resembling a creaky gate.

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.

External links

References

Flegg, Jim. Birds of Australia: Photographic Field Guide Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2002. (ISBN 1876334789)

Gallery

A female Gang-gang cockatoo eating peppercorns
Male Gang-gang cockatoo
Female Gang-gang cockatoo

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-{{Taxobox
+{{Taxobox | color = pink
-| color = pink
+| name = Gang-gang Cockatoo
-| name = Golden-shouldered Parrot
+| status = {{StatusLeastConcern}}
-| status = {{StatusEndangered}}
+| image = Gang-gang female MJC01.jpg
+| caption =
 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
 | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
-| classis = [[Aves]]
+| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
 | ordo = [[Psittaciformes]]
-| familia = [[parrot|Psittacidae]]
+| familia = [[Cacatuidae]]
-| genus = ''[[Psephotus]]''
+| genus = ''''' Callocephalon'''''
-| species = '''''P. chrysopterygius'''''
+| species = '''''C. fimbriatum '''''
-| binomial = ''Psephotus chrysopterygius''
+| binomial = Callocephalon fimbriatum
-| binomial_authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1858
+| binomial_authority = [[John B. Grant|Grant]], [[1803]] / [[Rene Primevere Lesson|Lesson]], [[1837]]
+| range_map = Bird range gang-gang cockatoo.png
+| range_map_width = 150px
+| range_map_caption = Gang-gang Cockatoo range (in red)
 }}
-The '''Golden-shouldered Parrot''', ''Psephotus chrysopterygius'', is a rare [[Aves|bird]] of southern [[Cape York]], [[Australia]]. A small attractive [[parrot]] related to the more common [[Red-rumped Parrot]], it is considered to be a [[superspecies]] with the [[Hooded Parrot]] of the [[Northern Territory]] and the apparently [[Extinction|extinct]] [[Paradise Parrot]] of [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]]. It measures 26 cm long and weighs between 54-56 g.
+The '''Gang-gang Cockatoo''', ''Callocephalon fimbriatum '', is member of the [[cockatoo]] family. It is a shy, mostly-grey parrot of [[Australia]]n alpine [[bushland]]. The male has a red head and [[Crest (bird)|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]]. It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is often described as resembling a creaky gate.
-The Golden-shouldered Parrot lives in open forest, where it feeds on small grass [[seed]]s, principally those of [[firegrass]]. An important [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]] requirement is the provision of terrestrial [[termite mound]]s, which the bird uses for nesting in. This has lead to the parrot also being known as the Antbed Parrot. They will preferentially seek out taller mounds (up to 2 m high), and will dig a burrow into them when the mound has been softened by the rains. A long tunnel is dug down into the mound, and capped off by a nesting chamber. The clutch size is between 3-6 [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s, which are [[incubate]]d for 20 days. The mound regulates the temperature in the chamber, keeping it high enough that the eggs can be left unattended while the parents feed.
+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.
-The Golden-shouldered Parrot is listed as [[Endangered species|endangered]] ([[CITES]] I). The species has a restricted range and suffers from a variety of threats, including predation by [[feral cat]]s, [[tourist]] disturbance, and a change in burning regime in the grasslands upon whose seeds it depends. The wild population is around 3000 birds, with around 1500 held in captivity in Australia.
+==External links==
-== References ==
+* [http://www.parrotscience.com ParrotScience - cockatoo heavy information site]
-''Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 4'' Edited by del Hoyo, Elliott and Sargatal ISBN 84-87334-22-9
+* [http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Gang-gang_cockatoo_vulnerable_preliminary NSW National Parks & Wildlife - Proposed vulnerable species listing]
+*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1395&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
-== External links ==
+==References==
-*[http://www.araproject.nl Araproject: Where parrots are wild in flying colour! Naturalized parrots in the Netherlands]
-*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1473&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
+* Flegg, Jim. ''Birds of Australia: Photographic Field Guide'' Sydney: Reed New Holland, [[2002]]. (ISBN 1876334789)
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Image:Female_Gang_Gang_Cockatoo.jpg|A female Gang-gang cockatoo eating peppercorns
+Image:Gang-gang male MJC01.jpg|Male Gang-gang cockatoo
+Image:Gang-gang female MJC02.jpg|Female Gang-gang cockatoo
+</gallery>
+[[Category:Cacatuidae]]
 [[Category:Birds of Australia]]
-[[Category:Broad-tailed parrots]]
-[[Category:Endangered species]]
-[[Category:Australian restricted-range endemic bird species]]