Callocephalon fimbriatum
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. It is the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon. Mostly mild grey in colour with some lighter scalloping (more pronounced and buffy in females), the male has a red head and crest, while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. It ranges throughout south-eastern Australia. The gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory. It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is described as resembling a creaky gate, or the sound of a cork being pulled from a wine bottle.
The name gang-gang comes from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, probably from one of the coastal languages, although possibly from Wiradjuri. It is probably an onomatopoeic name. In 1803 the British Royal Navy officer James Grant included an illustration of the gang-gang cockatoo in his book describing a voyage to the colony of New South Wales in Australia. Grant coined the binomial name Psittacus fimbriatus. The gang-gang cockatoo is now the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon that was introduced... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 6 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Gorge Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Symbio Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Greenough Wildlife & Bird Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Wild Life Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Central Coast Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gang-gang Cockatoo sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 1,669 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 236 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gang-gang Cockatoo in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gang-gang Cockatoo sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gang-gang Cockatoo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Gang-gang Cockatoo that you can see in Melbourne (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Coconut Lorikeet (about 90%), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (about 40%) and Galah (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gang-gang Cockatoo is recorded against all the birds logged in Melbourne (1,669 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
