![]() On our wildlife property in Victoria, European wasps, a relatively recent invasive species, along with non-native bees were becoming a significant threat to tree nesting bird species, taking over their nests and killing the young.Ĭlimate change is also devastating birdlife and habitats across the continent. Given the high rates of deforestation and land clearing in Australia, nesting sites for many parrot species on the continent are going to be increasingly hard to find. We do not like birds in cages and we also do not like the mass killing of birdlife, the point is that there is a strange dichcotomy here. In the USA, cage bred Rose-breasted Cockatoos sell for around AUD 4250. In other countries the bird is prized by collectors and is, along with other Australian birds, quite valuable. The Rose-breasted Cockatoo is yet another example of a species of Australian wildlife that is disliked, a blame species on which much is blamed and and where most of it does not make sense. Eventually the poisoning stopped, and our poor old Galahs were then disposed of safely so as not to poison anything else. I think we made another forlorn effort to get something done, but nothing happened. ![]() Weeks passed and precisely nothing happened, apart of course from the freezer filling up with dead parrots. “Stick them in the freezer mate and we will come and look at them” We thought we would ring the Victorian Department of Environment in the nearby regional city, Bendigo. The birds would sit on the grass, heads touching the ground, and then just fall on their sides to die. So our population of Galah's became smaller by the day, the dead birds were strewn around the lawn that surrounded our Victorian homestead. Loved by us, and clearly not be everyone, we discovered we had a ‘parrot poisoner’ in our midst. Pink Cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Mitchell Cockatoo, Leadbeater’s Cockatoo.Some years ago now and at our wildlife property in Victoria, a long way from any farm or any kind of agriculture, set in a state park and surrounded by extensive forests, Australia's birdlife flourished on our lands, including numerous species of parrot. ![]() Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) The juveniles become independent when they are about 4 months old. They lay a clutch of 3-4 eggs, with both parents incubating the eggs, caring and feeding the chicks. They need old trees that support hollows large enough to be suitable for nesting in. They spends much of the day feeding on the ground, in trees and shrubs. The Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo usually inhabit dry woodlands, especially where there are eucalypts or acacias. Major Sir Thomas Mitchell Major Mitchell’s cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri)Īn attractive cockatoo, it is quieter and slightly smaller then it’s raucous cousin, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. ![]() Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa mollis) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) and ( Lophochroa mollis)įound in the arid and semi-arid regions of Australia, it is named after one of Australia’s first explorers of the inland region, Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), who referring to this bird wroteįew birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region. The race Lophochroa mollis have very little to no yellow in the crest compared to Lophochroa leadbeateri who have distinct yellow band through the crest. There are two races (subspecies) of Major Mitchells’s Cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri and Lophochroa mollis. ![]() Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo ( Lophochroa leadbeateri) ![]()
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