The Wire

You are probably familiar with the mournful wail of the yellow-tailed Glossy Cockatoo but do you know how to identify one of the other five black Australian cockatoos, the Glossy Black Cockatoo?

With numbers of the bird having decreased from an estimated tens of thousands to as few as twenty-five, bird-lovers are calling on citizen scientists for help.

Bay FM Community Newsroom reporter Mia Armitage spoke with Northern Rivers Glossies Squad founder Harry Hackett to find out more…