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 …