Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos on the brink in Australia


This video from Australia is about Yellow-tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus funereus).

From Wildlife Extra:

The future of Eyre Peninsula’s population of critically endangered Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos is looking grim after one of the species’ worst breeding seasons in almost a decade.

Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) Threatened Fauna Officer Ms Sarah Way has estimated that only 10 to 14 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos remain on Eyre Peninsula.

‘The drought has worsened the plight of these birds, which were already under considerable pressure following the 2005 Black Tuesday bushfire that burnt though the cockatoo’s core breeding area,’ said Ms Way.

‘Food resources for the cockatoos are scarce, with Hakea plants regenerating after the fire yet to produce edible cones for the birds.

August 2011: A recent census of Southern Australia’s vulnerable yellow-tailed black cockatoos has found a 2,030-strong population across the Mount Lofty Ranges and Fleurieu Peninsula: here.

Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis in Jamaica: here.

Canberra Botanical Garden Facing Severe Droughts: Water and Cash: here.

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