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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
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
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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
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
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!