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Gang-gang Cockatoo  (Callocephalon fimbriatum)

Also Known As: Red-crowned Cockatoo, Red-crowned Parrot, Red-headed Cockatoo, Red-headed Parrot, Helmeted Cockatoo
 
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Gang Gang Cockatoo profile

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Care in Captivity
Pet Suitability:
Tends to feather pluck, avid chewers, playful.

Captive Status:
Uncommon

Longevity:
60 or more years.

Housing:
Walk-in aviary, minimum length 4.5m (14.7 ft).

Enrichment:
Avid chewers so provide bird safe wood (fir), wood toys, vegetable tanned leather, pine cones; bathing.

Nest Box Size:
1m (3.3 ft) long nesting log.

Clutch Size:
2 to 3

Incubation Time:
28-30 days, as low as 25 days recorded.

Fledging Age:
8 weeks

Hatch Weight:
Not available

Peak Weight:
Not available

Weaning Weight:
Not available

Link to Specialist Club:
Cockatoo Society 26961 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA 92026.

More Info Sites:
http://www.parrotsociety.org.au/articles/art_016.htm

http://www.birdsnways.com/cockatoo/ganggang.htm

http://www.avianweb.com/ganggangcockatoos.html