"Feather Frenzy"

The Gang-gang Cockatoo is a small, overall dark grey cockatoo. The adult male has a distinctive bright red “helmet” and filamentous curled crest. The Gang Gang feeds on Eucalypt seeds, insect larvae, berries, nuts, fruits of introduced species Hawthorne and Cotoneaster. They normally forage in the tree canopy.

Birds will make a contact call that sounds creaky and raspy, a lot like a “rusty hinge”.

Gang-gang Cockatoos are monogamous and form strong pair-bonds. They nest in a hollow in a trunk, or limb, of large eucalypt trees; usually near water. Both sexes will prepare the nest before laying by chewing on the sides of the hollow and use the wood chips and fragments to line the nest. Both sexes also share the incubation duties and care for the young.

• Breeding season: Typically October through to January

• Clutch size: Usually two white eggs, sometimes three.

• Time to independence: Young birds will continue to be fed by the parents for up to 6 weeks once they have fledged.

REFERENCED FROM: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/gang-gang-cockatoo/