Fears for gang-gang cockatoos as numbers plummet after fires
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5MK5V)
Threatened species scientific committee recommends that the birds be listed as endangered
The gang-gang cockatoo, the animal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory, could soon be listed as a threatened species after the 2019-20 bushfire disaster reduced already declining population numbers by as much as a fifth.
The threatened species scientific committee has recommended that the small cockatoo be listed as endangered due to the large drop in its population and the growing threat the birds face from the climate crisis and more frequent fires.
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