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A fraction of a flock of scores of Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris) in suburban Melbourne. Think raucous din!
Possibly one of the last excited gossipy gatherings before these cockatoos pair off for spring breeding...
Cockatoos are crested parrots. Apart from what their name suggests, the most immediately identifiable feature of this variety is salmon pink or orange-crimson above the beak and, patchily, around the throat (just discernible in some individuals here at full enlargement).
It is apparently only in recent decades that the range of these birds has expanded from the west into Melbourne and beyond. This has coincided with declining numbers in their established natural habitat.
Bush Telegraph Node
A fraction of a flock of scores of Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris) in suburban Melbourne. Think raucous din!
Possibly one of the last excited gossipy gatherings before these cockatoos pair off for spring breeding...
Cockatoos are crested parrots. Apart from what their name suggests, the most immediately identifiable feature of this variety is salmon pink or orange-crimson above the beak and, patchily, around the throat (just discernible in some individuals here at full enlargement).
It is apparently only in recent decades that the range of these birds has expanded from the west into Melbourne and beyond. This has coincided with declining numbers in their established natural habitat.