![]() ![]() Many movements and organisations have sprouted around Australia to protect these birds and their habitats, like the Sunshine Coast’s Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation advocacy group or the Kaarakin Conservation Centre in WA. Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation group on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, building hollows to replace those lost Where do the cockatoos find their food, shelter and families when their home tree is destroyed? Black cockatoos are also the target of illegal poaching and shooting. The Glossy Black Cockatoo specifically is listed as ‘vulnerable’ in Queensland (Wildnet Species List, Queensland Government) and other species of black cockatoos are ‘endangered’, ‘threatened’ or ‘vulnerable’ in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.īlack cockatoos are in danger of population decline mostly because of habitat loss due to development. A very social bird, black cockatoos are usually seen in pairs or small groups. They can be quiet while feeding and hard to spot. The Glossy Black feeds on the seeds of casuarina, eucalypts, angophoras, acacias and hakea trees. The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is the smallest black-cockatoo in Australia. The mother will lay one egg every two years, nesting for around 90 days in the hollow, and the baby remains dependent for about a year. State: Endangered (SA) Glossy Black-Cockatoo. At 50cm high, with various yellow and red markings around the tail and face there are a variety of subspecies to get to know. Home (and food!) is a She Oak, and it takes 200 years for the hollow to form that the cocky will actually nest in. They choose a partner for life, and will return to the same ‘home’ tree throughout their lives, even if others are abundant with food. Glossy Black Cockatoos are charismatic, like most other birds, and very loyal. We wanted to express our care and concern for those very same creatures through art… in the form of blankets. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo in Port Douglas, QLD, by David Clode (left) and illustration by Elizabeth Gould of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo found in Southeast Australia (right) ![]()
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