Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project

© Eleanor Adams

© Eric Lehmann

Since 2001, when a Recovery Team was convened by CALM, Birds Australia WA has operated a Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project to raise awareness of the cockatoo’s plight, identify and monitor breeding sites and improve breeding and feeding habitat within the wheatbelt.

The long-term survival and recovery of Carnaby’s cockatoo is inextricably linked to the survival of its habitat – both in breeding areas in the wheatbelt and non-breeding areas such as the Swan Coastal Plain.  However, with increasing public awareness and support, and future conservation planning based on good information, there is still hope that Carnaby’s cockatoos will one day again blacken the sky as they fly overhead.

A Recovery Team was convened by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) in 2001, and a 10 year Recovery Plan (2002 - 2012) was written up by Belinda Cale.

Download Recovery Outline for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo  (30KB)

Download Recovery Plan for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo     (524KB)

A Symposium was held in 2003 to look at Future Directions for conserving Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo.  Proceedings from the symposium can be downloaded below.

Download Conserving Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Symposium Proceedings: Future Directions (2003) (2MB)

The Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Swan Coastal Plain Project Report is now out - downloads available below.

Download Carnaby's Cockatoo Swan Coastal Plain Project Report (2006) (3.9MB)

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project newsletter - Cocky Notes - now available online!

Download Cocky Notes No. 10 - August 2006 (1MB)

Download Cocky Notes No. 9 - February 2006 (1MB)

Regional Project

The overall goal of this project is to protect, conserve and where possible increase existing populations of Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo in critical areas across its breeding range and in some parts of its non-breeding range in the South Coast Region. The project will instigate cross-regional recovery actions relevant to Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo in its breeding range and will be carried out with reference to the Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Recovery Plan (Cale 1999).

Information sheets for download

About Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo  (1.2 MB - full colour, 4 page information brochure)

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo in the Wheatbelt  (1.7MB - full colour, 4 page information brochure)

Native plant species used by Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo (154KB)

Swan Coastal Plain Project

The first phase of this project is now complete. Stay tuned for further updates! In the meantime, you can download the project report below.

Download Conservation of Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia (2006) (3.9 MB)

Birds Australia is a national non-profit organisation working to conserve Australian native birds and their habitats. 
Birds Australia WA Inc is the local group with a particular interest in Western Australian Birds.