One assessment cited by the committee suggests that the 2019-20 fires had led to a decline in populations of 15% to 30%. Cockatoo species also make a characteristic hissing sound when threatened. In addition to vocalisations, palm cockatoos communicate over large distances by drumming on a dead branch with a stick. Gang-Gang Cockatoo Canvas Print Coastal views and straggly natives are the idea home for the radiant rouge of the Gang Gang. They are usually located in trees which are their food sources by the sounds of falling debris and feeding. The committee’s listing assessment for that population recommends its status remain at endangered.īut the south-eastern populations, previously unlisted, have been recommended for a vulnerable listing, in part due to the pressure on foraging habitat. Some, like the gang-gang cockatoo, are comparatively quiet but do have softer growling calls when feeding. Gang-gangs are gregarious but also relatively quiet cockatoos. There were fears for the birds on Kangaroo Island in the aftermath of the fire disaster, and concerns its status might reach critically endangered. The gang-gang cockatoo, the animal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory, could soon be listed as a threatened species after the 2019-20 bushfire disaster reduced already declining population. Restore gang-gang cockatoo habitat in strategic locations close to known habitat and movement corridors, using appropriate local tree, shrub and ground cover species. Glossy black-cockatoos are also fire sensitive and are dependent on casuarina seeds as their food source. The southern long-nosed potoroo is another affected animal and has been recommended for a vulnerable listing. The committee has moved to quickly assess wildlife that might qualify for a threatened listing or upgraded threat status after the fire disaster.Ī decision on whether eastern koala populations should be listed as endangered is expected later this year.

“Any species that’s fire sensitive is going to really struggle,” she said. While we consider the ACT to be a stronghold for the species, the gang-gang is probably one of the least understood parrots in Australia, she said. She said gang-gangs needed time to recover after such a disaster, something that would be made difficult with more frequent severe bushfire seasons. The ACT environment minister, Rebecca Vassarotti, described the gang-gang as a popular rascal whose distinctive call was adored by the Canberra community. “That would have potentially taken out nesting hollows and destroyed a lot of their foraging resources,” she said. Sarah Legge, a scientist who sits on the committee, said the bushfires had affected 36% of the birds’ range and about half of that had been burnt by high-severity fire. The listing assessment says 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.

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