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Glossies Northern Rivers

 

A male Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Image: Birdlife Australia

An exciting and ambitious project to save Glossy Black-Cockatoos across the Northern Rivers of New South Wales

A conservation partnership between WWF-Australia, Wildbnb and Saving our Species

The Project

The Project

The Project

Glossy Black-Cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus lathami, are a threatened species of Black Cockatoo.


Listed as Vulnerable in NSW, these magnificent birds are becoming a rare sighting across the region. 


Glossies have specific habitat requirements and since the 2019-2020 bushfires they’ve lost a lot - from the preferred She-oak species they rely on to feed to the more than one-metre-deep nesting hollows found in old-growth trees that they need to breed. 




With the support of WWF-Australia and Saving our Species, this project is mobilising a massive effort to find the birds, their feed trees and nesting habitat and to better understand the challenges impacting their survival. 

This valuable research informs a swift response to make a positive impact on the future of these birds.


We have assembled a team of experts and ecologists leading this local conservation effort and we're inviting you to join us, as citizen scientist members of Glossy Squad - the eyes and ears on Glossies across the Northern Rivers.

The Project

The Project

Male Glossy Black-Cockatoo.  Image: Chris Wiley

Glossy Squad

Citizen Science

A big call-out to all bird-lovers, wildlife enthusiasts, conservationists and landholders across the Northern Rivers, NSW to be part of the solution and to ensure that these birds are around for generations to come. 


 Glossy Squad is the exciting citizen science wing of Glossies Northern Rivers

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

1. Brush-up on your Glossy i.d. skills

Glossy Black-Cockatoos are elusive birds and are commonly mistaken for their noisier, larger cousins, the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos or the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos. Glossies are typically inconspicuous – you may not even hear a peep out of them overhead. But when you do, you’ll never ‘un-hear’ their wonderfully unique call. 


Keep your ears tuned for another tell-tale Glossy signature sound when the birds are feeding – a soft, gentle clicking as their specialised bills process the she-oak cones to extract the seeds. Visually, evidence of glossies feeding appears like a fine mist falling to the ground.   Glossies are also not usually sighted in large flocks like the yellow-tails and red-tails. You’ll often come across glossies hanging out as breeding pairs, sometimes with a juvenile in tow, or in small groups of five to seven birds. Birds can gather in larger numbers at drinking sites, or in bachelor flocks of juvenile and sub-adult male birds. 

Listen here

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Glossy Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Check-out this video featuring Dr Daniella Teixeira and produced by Birdlife Australia and Glossy Black Conservancy

Identifying Glossy Black-Cockatoos


2. Share your findings

3. Capture some head-shots

3. Capture some head-shots

If you live in the Northern Rivers, every-time you see Glossies flying overhead or feeding, drinking or roosting, we'd love to hear from you - contact Wildbnb's Harry Hackett

harry@wildbnb.com.au

  

AND: Birdlife Australia and the Glossy Black Conservancy have developed a new South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo module on Birdata, now the central database for Glossy sightings on mainland Australia  


Birdata

3. Capture some head-shots

3. Capture some head-shots

3. Capture some head-shots

Glossy Squad call-out for wildlife photographers - your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to capture profile head-shots of female Glossies. Females’ facial markings are like a human fingerprint for the purpose of identifying individual birds – this I.D. method will contribute valuable data indicating how far female birds are ran

Glossy Squad call-out for wildlife photographers - your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to capture profile head-shots of female Glossies. Females’ facial markings are like a human fingerprint for the purpose of identifying individual birds – this I.D. method will contribute valuable data indicating how far female birds are ranging across the landscape. It’s possibly far wider than previously understood and likely motivated by the availability of food resources.

4. Find some feed trees

4. Find some feed trees

4. Find some feed trees

 Share your observations of seasonal She-oak pollination and flowering patterns across the many micro-climates of our region. 


In the Northern Rivers, the She-oak species Glossies feed on are:

Forest She-oak Allocasuarina torulosa

Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis

Horsetail She-oak Casuarina equisetifolia 


  • Also, do you know of some land t

 Share your observations of seasonal She-oak pollination and flowering patterns across the many micro-climates of our region. 


In the Northern Rivers, the She-oak species Glossies feed on are:

Forest She-oak Allocasuarina torulosa

Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis

Horsetail She-oak Casuarina equisetifolia 


  • Also, do you know of some land that could become important Glossie feeding habitat for years-to-come - then make contact and help us plant glossy food trees under a regional plantings strategy.

5. Look for big hollows

4. Find some feed trees

4. Find some feed trees

Share your observations of big hollow bearing trees


Glossies need big hollows around 400mm in diameter and about 1-1.5m deep

  

Big tree & hollow audits will identify potential nesting habitat suitable for Glossies. These birds need nesting hollows greater then 1m deep, the kind only found in big, beautiful old-growth trees. If you’re observ

Share your observations of big hollow bearing trees


Glossies need big hollows around 400mm in diameter and about 1-1.5m deep

  

Big tree & hollow audits will identify potential nesting habitat suitable for Glossies. These birds need nesting hollows greater then 1m deep, the kind only found in big, beautiful old-growth trees. If you’re observing Glossies hanging around significant old-growth eucalypts at your property, that definitely warrants a closer inspection - please get in touch!




Want to know more about Glossies?

Join the Glossy Squad

Join the Glossy Squad

Join the Glossy Squad

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Or contact Harry Hackett harry@wildbnb.com.au



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Field i.d Guide

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Join the Glossy Squad

This fantastically comprehensive resource is newly published by the Glossy Black Conservancy & Birdlife Australia




Download here

Upcoming Events

The Caldera World Environment Day Event

  

Come join us in Murwillumbah on Sunday 5th June, 2022 for The Caldera World Environment Day Event. 

We’ll be there with the fabulous Birdlife Northern Rivers crew, spreading the word about Glossy Squad Northern Rivers and celebrating our region’s precious biodiversity.

Full event details will be released here:

https://calderaenvironmentcentre.org/onlyoneearth-the-united-nations-campaign-theme-for-world-environment-day-2022/


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PO Box 607 Mullumbimby NSW 2482

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