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Red-tailed black cockatoos will benefit from this habitat restoration. Image by Jim Bendon ONE thousand native tree seedlings have been planted by volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia at Wedge Tailed Eagle Retreat, on the Blackwood River, to create an extensive habitat for the black cockatoo.
When BirdLife Australia surveyed Carnaby’s about 13 years ago, they received about 200 sightings of the bird. A NEW citizen science project aimed at identifying the key breeding and feeding sites of the endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos across the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions could potentially aid in the species' conservation.
Birdlife Australia, which is conducting the breeding range survey, is urging people from across these regions to report any sightings of Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos online, between now and December.
The Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo population has declined by more than 50 per cent in the last 50 years while their range has reduced by a third.
Over 50 years ago, there were probably hundreds of thousands in the area and now we are looking at an estimated 40,000 left in the south west, Dr Mawson says. Image by Sandra L ChungAN endangered species of cockatoo native to South West Australia may have a brighter future as a long-term study has revealed a strong link between rainfall and the bird’s breeding patterns.