![]() ![]() ![]() While coronavirus restrictions have stopped BirdLife staff and volunteers from getting out into the field to establish the extent of the loss, the organisation has done a desktop analysis using more than 20 years of records to match bird habitat against maps of the fires. "Any species which lost more than 30 per cent of its range is of particular concern because that puts it on a likely trajectory to be considered for listing as a threatened species." The bushfires had a devastating effect on many other bird species too: "We know birds died in their millions," says Mr Dooley. On Kangaroo Island, the subspecies halmaturinus is said to be increasing due to conservation efforts on the island. Description of species and subspecies The Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest member of the endemic Australian genus that includes most of the Black-Cockatoos. ![]() The unprecedented summer bushfires destroyed much of the cockatoo’s habitat, and the fact this non-migratory bird has flown 450 kilometres west of its usual range is a sign of how difficult it is for it to find food. The endangered Kangaroo Island glossy black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus) relies entirely on the seeds of the drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) for food. The diet of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo is mainly restricted to the seeds of only two subspecies of She-oaks in south east Queensland the Forest She-oak (. A pair of female and male glossy black cockatoos in the wild.(ABC News)Louise Docker, a landholder from Penrose in the NSW Southern Highlands, is helping to manage the birds' habitat. The South Australian subspecies is also listed as Endangered under Schedule 7 of the SA National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. It’s hard to celebrate seeing such a rare, beautiful bird when you know its presence is directly as a result of the loss of its home due to the bushfires." "It was exciting but it was also tinged with sadness because of the reasons they are here. ![]()
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