2 Glossy Black-Cockatoo at Penrose, NSW
Identification history
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | 12 Mar 2020 | pdmantis | ||
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | 11 Mar 2020 | Aussiegall |
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Melinda 2nd Sighting. Sighting from LD. With male and juvenile plus 6 other glossies. (Quiggy & Family, Kath & family)
The Juvenile has been uploaded separately
5 comments
BLSHFour
wrote:
12 Mar 2020
To Aussiegall….a great contribution. Why do they always use the left foot to eat?
pdmantis
wrote:
12 Mar 2020
John Martin undertook a study a couple of years ago on Sulphur Crested Cockatoo foot preference. This study found the majority were left handed. l believe it is similar with a lot of parrot/ cockatoo species.
BLSHFour
wrote:
12 Mar 2020
But the question is why are all the parrots left footed. Its an evolutional problem so far unsolved.
natureguy
wrote:
13 Mar 2020
Yes apparently all parrot (and cockatoo) species are mainly left footed. This website poses the theory (from research) that most parrot species have a correlation between foot preference and eye preference (involving the way they eat). (http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9382000/9382181.stm).
Location information
- Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 9 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2020 04:51 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
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Glossies in the Mist Birds Parrots Aussiegall Southern Highlands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Feeding Activity
- Mixed Sex
- Adult Age
- Melinda Individual bird identification
- True Chewed sheoak cones
Species information
- Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Scientific name
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 867m Recorded at altitude
- 1163 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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