These Conservation Guidelines for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo aim to facilitate the conservation of viable populations of the bird and its habitats across SEQ and NENSW.
New field guide: South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo
A new guide, produced by Birdlife Australia and the Glossy Black Conservancy will support citizen scientists to collect data on South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoos. Glossy Black-Cockatoos, also known as Glossies, are threatened by bushfires, droughts, and clearing, urban development, and inappropriate planned …
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Glossy Black-Cockatoo ID workshops for the 2022 Great Glossy Count
The Glossy Black Conservancy, in partnership with BirdLife Australia, is hosting Australia’s first Great Glossy Count on Saturday 26 March 2022. Volunteer citizen scientists will collect important data to help researchers and communities better understand the impact of bushfires on the …
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Draft listing assessment for Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Comment is being sought on whether the Glossy Black-Cockatoo should be included in the EPBC Act list of threatened species. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), provides advice to the Minister for …
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Glossy ID workshops 2021
As our 2021 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Birding Day approaches, we’re keen to ensure your Glossy ID skills are up to scratch. Our ID workshops will help you refresh your skills, but will also be an opportunity to meet other bird-lovers, your local …
2021 Birding Day dates announced
Each year, we call on bird lovers across Southeast Queensland and North-eastern NSW to help gather data about one of Australia’s rarest and smallest cockatoos – the Glossy Black-Cockatoo. Everyday people and experienced birders alike will come together this September to learn …
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Education Kit
In October 2007, the Conservancy was successful in obtaining funding from the Australian Government’s Envirofund program for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Awareness and Feed Tree Project. The project increased the extent of secure feeding habitat in targeted areas by planting appropriate she-oak …
Training Programs
Each year, the Glossy Black Conservancy runs annual workshops to assist participants to develop their identification skills of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo and the resources on which they depend (i.e. feeding trees, nesting sites, drinking sites, etc.), provide information on the species …
Community Awareness
Birds Queensland offered its services to the Conservancy to increase community awareness by running monthly bird walks for the public in areas known to have Glossy Black-Cockatoos and presenting Glossy Black-Cockatoo information sessions at local council libraries across the south-east Queensland …
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Birding Day Summaries
The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is listed as a threatened species in Queensland. Although the eastern subspecies Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami is distributed throughout south-east Queensland, the status of this population is difficult to determine because the birds are cryptic in their behaviour and …