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Gang-gang cockatoo - Definition and Overview

Gang-gang Cockatoo

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Female Gang-gang cockatoo


Female Gang-gang Cockatoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Cacatuidae
Genus:Callocephalon
Species:fimbriatum
Binomial name
Callocephalon fimbriatum
(Grant, 1803)


The Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum , is member of the cockatoo family. It is a shy, mostly-grey parrot of Australian alpine bushland. The male has a red head and crest while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. It ranges through out South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The Gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory.

Male Gang-gang cockatoo
Female Gang-gang cockatoo
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