Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) - HBW 4, p. 273
French: Cacatoès à tête rouge
German: Helmkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Gang-gang
Other common names: Red-crowned/Helmeted Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus fimbriatus J. Grant, 1803, Bass River, Victoria.
Monospecific genus. Callocorydon is a junior synonym. Monotypic.
Distribution: Great Dividing Range to coast, from Hunter R in N New South Wales to extreme S of border between Victoria and South Australia.Introduced to Kangaroo I (South Australia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Immature male feeding on Acacia seed pods. Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 29 November 2011 10 weeks ago 39 sec 4.8 -
Adult Male calling. Another adult male Gang-gang calling off screen. Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 29 November 2011 10 weeks ago 52 sec 4.7 -
Male and female interacting. Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 29 November 2011 10 weeks ago 55 sec 4.3 -
A male calling. Locality Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 29 July 2005 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird on the top of a tree, eating sawflies Locality Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 28 February 2005 4 years ago 7 sec 3.9 -
A pair on a branch, then the male shaking its wings and flying away Locality The Fullerton Garden, Osborne's Flat, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Matt Weeks 19 January 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 3.9
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A adult male.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Gang-gang cockatoo, male
Locality Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 2 September 2009 1 year ago 3.9 -
Female perched and feeding
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nicole Bouglouan 27 December 2007 34 weeks ago 3.6 -
Gang-gang Cockatoos. Male and female. Detected from discarding seed pods on floor.
Locality Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia
cel_polo 24 January 2010 40 weeks ago 3.6 -
Male perched
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nicole Bouglouan 25 December 2007 34 weeks ago 3
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