Glossy Black-cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami
Australian landscapes have been modified by humans for thousands of years, but it’s the most recent two hundred, that have seen dramatic change.
While many bird species can survive in increasingly fragmented patches of native vegetation, isolation brings with it insidious long-term threats.
For specialist feeders relying on particular trees for food, fragmentation increases the damaging effects of processes such as fire and drought and, over time, this critical food source then slowly disappears.
For one bird in particular, a cross-country band of people have sought to rectify this, through powerful citizen science and education.
This is the story of the Glossy Black-cockatoo.