The Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) was founded on 15 April 1970 when the ACT branch of the

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and bird conservation, conservati ...

(RAOU) became defunct following drastic reform within the RAOU in the late 1960s which abolished all its branches. It publishes a quarterly journal, '' Canberra Bird Notes'', as well as a monthly newsletter, ''

Gang-gang The gang-gang cockatoo (''Callocephalon fimbriatum'') is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Callocephalon''. Mostly mild grey ...

''. Its aims are to: * encourage interest in, and develop knowledge of, the birds of the Canberra region * promote and co-ordinate the study of birds * to promote the conservation of native birds and their habitat COG holds monthly meetings in Canberra as well as regular field excursions. The logo of COG is the

gang-gang cockatoo The gang-gang cockatoo (''Callocephalon fimbriatum'') is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Callocephalon''. Mostly mild grey ...

References

* Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Melbourne University Press: Carlton.

External links

Canberra Ornithologists Group

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