Please help the Gang-Gang Cockatoo

In March this year the Gang-gang Cockatoo was listed as Endangered. 
Since the 2019-2020 bushfires, they have relied more on searching for food in our gardens.
Please consider helping by purchasing and planting some of the following in your garden. If you don’t have much space, it is best to plant a few plants of the same species rather than a mixture of species. A list of local nurseries is below.

Blue Mountains plant species suitable for Gang-gang Cockatoos

This list was compiled by Carol Probets, based on her observations and analysis of food items recorded in Gang-gang sightings from volunteers including from the Blue Mountains Bird Observers Incorporated.

Species	Common name	Food group	Growth habit	Height
Acacia terminalis	Sunshine Wattle	Wattle	Shrub	to 6m
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood	Wattle	Tree	3-30m
Callitris muelleri	Mueller’s Cypress	Cone/pod	Shrub	to 6m
Eucalyptus piperita	Sydney Peppermint	Gum nut or flowers	Tree	to 20m
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum	Gum nut or flowers	Tree	to 35m
Eucalyptus radiata	Narrow-leaved Peppermint	Gum nut or flowers	Tree	to 40m
Eucalyptus racemosa	Scribbly Gum	Gum nut or flowers	Tree	to 15m
Eucalyptus sieberi	Black Ash, Silvertop Ash	Gum nut or flowers	Tree	to 45m
Isopogon anemonifolius	Drumsticks	Gum nut or flowers	Shrub	to 2m
Hakea dactyloides	Broad-leaved Hakea	Cone/pod	Shrub	1-3m
Persoonia levis	Broad-leaved Geebung	Berry	Shrub/tree	to 5m
Persoonia linearis	Narrow-leaved Geebung	Berry	Shrub	2-5m
Persoonia species	Geebungs	Berry	Shrub
Petrophile pulchella	Conesticks	Cone/pod	Shrub	to 3m

 

Local Nurseries

Wildplant Rescue Katoomba  https://www.wildplantrescue.org.au/   is usually open Fridays and Saturdays. Telephone: 61 2 4782 6233
 
Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve is on the Great Western Highway https://www.apsbluemtnsgroup.org/  and is open Wednesdays and Saturdays.
 
The Blue Mountains Conservation Society has a nursery https://www.bluemountains.org.au/nursery.shtml  They are at the Blackheath Growers Market on 2nd Sundays.
 
Most of the commercial nurseries have a plenty of native plants. In the Mid-Upper Mountains this includes:
Webers, Mt Boyce near Blackheath http://www.webersnursery.com.au/  
 
Longview Garden Centre, Wentworth Falls, https://www.longviewgardencentre.com.au/  
 
Dillinger's Nursery, Wentworth Falls
 
Bay Tree Nursery, Clarence https://the-bay-tree-nursery.business.site/   
Killibinbin Native Nursery is at Dargan and is a commercial nursery. https://nurseryindargan.com/  
 
 
This page was taken from the flyer produced by volunteer participants in the Gang-gang Cockatoo Recovery Project, based in the Blue Mountains. You can find out more about this project here: https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/content/article/Join-BirdLifes-Gang-gang-Recovery-Project or scan the QR code below. Further enquiries can be directed to: [email protected]