ABOUT THE SPECIES
Glossy Black-Cockatoos (Glossies) are threatened across most of their range. They have a very restricted diet, feeding exclusively on she-oak seeds, but only a few she-oak species and only selected individual trees. Glossies rely on large hollow-bearing trees for breeding, breed every two years and spend over a year looking after their young. These breeding and feeding requirements mean Glossies have slow population growth and are vulnerable to habitat loss and natural disasters. Extensive areas of Glossy habitat were lost in the recent bushfires, exacerbating drought impacts and Glossies are now more threatened than ever before. Image courtesy of Conor Jenkins.
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
The Glossy Black Conservancy is a consortium of government agencies, private enterprise, researchers and community organisations working collaboratively to increase awareness, protection and conservation of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo across south-east Queensland and north-east NSW. The Conservancy organises annual Birding Days, manages an online database, supports applied research and has developed regional habitat mapping and Conservation Guidelines to guide recovery actions by land managers, e.g., protecting foraging habitat and nest trees, planting food trees, managing fire.