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In spring and summer 2025, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) Fenner School and the Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) undertook extensive surveys for Gang-gang nesting sites across Victoria.
Only five active nests were found in Victoria.
Left: Dr Dejan Stojanovic climbing a Mountain ash with potential nesting hollow in Turton's Creek.
The hollow at the top of the Mountain ash ( Dejan climbing above) had partially cracked open showing the stripped bark lining the nest...but no eggs or chicks were present.
Initial surveys found 28 Ganggangs in the Turtons creek area, with birds observed investigating multiple hollows and showing nesting activity. Turtons Creek is known as an important breeding area for the endangered Gang-gang cockatoo. The Gippsland Forest Guardians have been working to protect Gang-gang habitat from the effects of logging, you can read more about their important work here.
We will keep you updated when further result become available.
Male Gang-gang entering a hollow at Turtons Creek.
Stacey Taylor is a PhD candidate at ANU working to address critical knowledge gaps in the ecology of Gang-gang Cockatoos. Stacey is part of the Difficult Bird Research Group, her research is helping to locate and describe critical breeding habitat, investigate predation and competition pressures on reproductive success, and study the population genetics of Gang-gangs across their range. She is also trialling non-invasive methods for collecting genetic material.
Listen to Stacey on our Treehouse Podcast
Project: Onshore species-specific research and guidance to support onshore renewable energy industries: Gang-gang Cockatoo
This project comprises a targeted research program and associated planning, review, and reporting activities, with a total budget of $184,043 allocated to the Australian National University (ANU) for research on the Gang-gang cockatoo.
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