HELP Iconic BLACK COCKATOO to Revive

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| RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO (Calyptorhynchus Banksii) | Source: www.billabongsanctuary.com.au |

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Female South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos are more colourful than males. ABC Science | By Ann Jones for Off Track | © Getty Images: Sean Garnsworthy

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Image © Copyright Tony Kirkby, (Western Australian Museum)

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Black Cockatoo. Source: www.environment.sa.gov.a

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Author © Heather thorning Photography. (Photographed at Wireless Hill Nature Reserve,near Perth, Western Australia)

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A South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos in flight is a sight to behold. ABC Science / By Ann Jones for Off Track © Getty Images: Sean Garnsworthy

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South Australia’s Endangered Glossy Black-Cockatoo. Author: Donna Sweet. Source: www.natgardenlife.com

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Five flocks of Glossy Black-Cockatoos relied almost entirely on habitat within the bushfire-affected area for feeding and nesting, while another flock only has part of its habitat in the area. Source: www.environment.sa.gov.au

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The birds are being pushed to areas outside their usual habitat because of a shortage of food created by drought and bushfires © Supplied: Rebecca Van Dyk

Wildfires on Kangaroo Island devastate Glossy Black COCKATOO Habitat

At least 75 percent of South Australia’s endangered population of glossy black cockatoo, which lives exclusively on Kangaroo Island, lived on 210,000 hectares burned down by recent bushfires.

The population of the endangered glossy black cockatoo on Kangaroo Island was only 158 (1995) and recovered to about 370 in 2019. Now – less than in 1995!

The charred remains of Flinders Chase National Park after bushfires swept through Kangaroo Island. DAVID MARIUZ

Why are Black Cockatoos so rare?

The birds rely heavily on remnant native eucalyptus woodlands for breeding and feeding, although destruction of these areas within its habitat range has impacted population size. The rarity of the species has also driven its popularity in the illegal wildlife trade.

How much for a Black Cockatoo?

Up to $30,000 on the illegal market. The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar industry and although Australia doesn’t have the scale of poaching found in Africa or Asia, some species of birds and reptiles are highly sought after

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DONATE US TO HELP ICONIC AUSTRALIAN BLACK COCKATOO TO REVIVE!

Mitigating threats-fencing off existing stands of Stringybark and Buloke and scattered paddock trees on the areas of COCKATOO habitation, to protect from stock damage and to allow for natural regeneration. (Southern Australia, NSW)

Mitigating threats – supporting organisations to deliver large landscape-scale habitat and restoration projects; maintaining artificial nest sites of Red-tailed and Glossy Black COCKATOO. (Southern Australia, NSW)

Mitigating threats – reducing the impact of wildfire and prescribed burns on food productivity, Increase the area of Red-tail & Glossy Black Cockatoo’s feeding habitat by planting new stands of stringybark and Buloke. (Southern Australia, NSW)

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