Gang Gang Cockatoo

GANG GANG COCKATOO Callocephalon fimbriatum

 




We often hear Gang Gang Cockatoos flying over the bush and the golf curse in Kilmore. They do not often stop long so it difficult to catch a good glimpse of them.

This morning, it was very windy. This small group were sitting in trees adjacent to the cricket ground before flapping off to the bushy area around the Monument Hill.

 
When my children were young they called these cockatoos 'the rusty gate cockies' Their call is just that, the screech of rusty farm gates.








 Most of this group seem to be young male birds, their heads have not yet developed the deep red colour of the adult males and they have a noticeable red tinge to their grey chest feathers.