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Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Recovery

Project History

BirdLife Australia has been working with local communities, landholders and land managers to secure the protection and conservation of Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo and their critical habitat. Unlike other less mobile bird species, Carnabys is widespread and its range covers many different land tenures and vegetation types. With support from Natural Resource Management groups, the Department of Environment and Conservation and funding from the Australian Government's Caring for our Country program, we work to implement recovery actions and secure a future for this iconic species.

Recovery activities include:

  • Identification and prioritisation of nesting sites for recovery actions
  • Community engagement programs and education
  • Supporting private landholder to preserve and restore priority remnant vegetation
  • Provision of funds to support fencing, revegetation, weed control and competitor control
  • Data collection and nest monitoring
  • Repairing damaged or degraded nesting hollows. Since 2004 a volunteer team has repaired over 150 damaged or degraded nesting trees, a simple and inexpensive way to increase the chances of breeding
  • Monitoring of repaired hollows. During the nesting season repaired hollows are checked to see whether the Carnaby’s are using the hollow or not
  • Assistance is given for grant applications to facilitate Voluntary Management Agreements and Conservation Covenants, helping to solidify commitment to conservation and secure habitat for the species into the future

Why are they threatened?

Once numerous, the charismatic and highly mobile Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo is now classified in WA as ‘rare or likely to become extinct’ and federally listed as Endangered. The last 50 years has seen a 50% decline in their population, and their range has been reduced by up to one-third.

It is one of three black cockatoos found in south west WA. The others are Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo  and a subspecies of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. These birds are endemic to the area, meaning that they are found nowhere else in the world. All three are threatened. Because cockatoos are long lived birds (up to 50 years) and they raise few chicks to adulthood, it is highly likely that the birds we see today are an ageing population. Therefore, it is essential that we protect remaining habitat as well as the birds themselves for the survival of the species.

Threats include:

  • Fragmentation of the landscape and loss of connectivity of remnant bush places
  • Land clearing for urban development in metropolitan coastal areas, removing feeding and roosting vegetation
  • Historical and on-going land clearing for agriculture in regional nesting areas, removing nesting trees, food sources and important flyways
  • Competition for nesting hollows from species such as Galah, Corella and feral bees
  • Lack of nesting tree recruitment and degradation of remaining nesting trees through stock trampling
  • Poaching for illegal sale of birds
  • Persecution
  • Road strike

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Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project

Learn more about the Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Recovery project