Wairoa Reserve

Birds · A regular.

Stylised portrait of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

First heard here 19 Sept · last heard today at 8:34am · 46 days in the last year · 754 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording song, recorded in Australia

Romuald Mikusek, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

Heard here by the park sensor, 99% match

Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.

What to look for

The sulphur-crested cockatoo is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. As highly intelligent birds, they are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets.

Read more on Wikipedia (Sulphur-crested cockatoo)

Photograph of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 27 of them.
020408 Oct: 0 detections9 Oct: 19 detections10 Oct: 17 detections11 Oct: 18 detections12 Oct: 8 detections13 Oct: 15 detections14 Oct: 8 detections15 Oct: 40 detections16 Oct: 21 detections17 Oct: 21 detections18 Oct: 21 detections19 Oct: 16 detections20 Oct: 34 detections21 Oct: 16 detections22 Oct: 23 detections23 Oct: 18 detections24 Oct: 21 detections25 Oct: 22 detections26 Oct: 11 detections27 Oct: 12 detections28 Oct: 22 detections29 Oct: 24 detections30 Oct: 15 detections31 Oct: 14 detections1 Nov: 0 detections2 Nov: 0 detections3 Nov: 8 detections4 Nov: 12 detections5 Nov: 17 detections6 Nov: 1 detection8 Oct23 Oct6 Nov020408 Oct: 0 detections9 Oct: 19 detections10 Oct: 17 detections11 Oct: 18 detections12 Oct: 8 detections13 Oct: 15 detections14 Oct: 8 detections15 Oct: 40 detections16 Oct: 21 detections17 Oct: 21 detections18 Oct: 21 detections19 Oct: 16 detections20 Oct: 34 detections21 Oct: 16 detections22 Oct: 23 detections23 Oct: 18 detections24 Oct: 21 detections25 Oct: 22 detections26 Oct: 11 detections27 Oct: 12 detections28 Oct: 22 detections29 Oct: 24 detections30 Oct: 15 detections31 Oct: 14 detections1 Nov: 0 detections2 Nov: 0 detections3 Nov: 8 detections4 Nov: 12 detections5 Nov: 17 detections6 Nov: 1 detection8 Oct23 Oct6 Nov

Busiest day so far: Thursday 15 October, 40 detections between 6:15am and 7:18pm.

Time of day

When it calls, last 30 days. Darker is busier.

Busiest around 6pm. From 30 days with hourly counts.

DayHeardFirstLastPeak confidence
6 Nov18:34am8:34am93%
5 Nov178:16am7:39pm96%
4 Nov125:42am7:16pm98%
3 Nov810:04am7:41pm97%
31 Oct147:56am10:40am98%
30 Oct159:36am5:45pm98%
29 Oct245:28am7:29pm99%
28 Oct225:48am6:57pm98%
27 Oct123:45am7:05pm97%
26 Oct116:14am7:18pm98%
25 Oct225:59am7:21pm99%
24 Oct216:31am7:17pm98%
23 Oct185:53am6:49pm97%
22 Oct236:07am7:12pm99%
21 Oct165:40am7:00pm99%
20 Oct345:50am4:49pm99%
19 Oct167:05am7:18pm98%
18 Oct216:16am6:51pm96%
17 Oct217:13am4:56pm98%
16 Oct216:45am7:45pm95%
15 Oct406:15am7:18pm100%
14 Oct87:43am8:16pm90%
13 Oct159:00am7:12pm94%
12 Oct86:15am7:04pm98%
11 Oct185:52am7:28pm99%
10 Oct176:24am7:13pm94%
9 Oct196:24am7:01pm99%
7 Oct127:19am6:23pm99%
6 Oct196:56am7:11pm97%
5 Oct227:00am6:57pm99%
4 Oct197:09am6:49pm96%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.