Talk: Much Ado about Yellow-Crested Cockatoos
The HK Management Association, Central
Why We Recommend it
Conservation biologist Astrid Andersson discusses Hong Kong’s yellow-crested cockatoo population and the key to the species’ survival.
Description
In collaboration with the Royal Geographic Society, conservation biologist Astrid Andersson will hold a talk on the critically endangered cockatoo’s unlikely survival in Hong Kong on 23 May. She will also discuss a self-developed forensic technique she believes can help save the species, as well as how external support, such as nest boxes, may benefit their population.
Once abundant in the jungles of Indonesia, yellow-crested cockatoos (cacatua sulphurea) have been pushed to near extinction by the exotic pet trade. Andersson believes that Hong Kong’s cockatoo population, which counts for more than eight percent of the birds’ population in their indigenous areas, may hold a key to the species’ survival.
As a Postdoctoral Fellow at the HKU Division of Ecology and Biodiversity, Andersson has studied yellow-crested cockatoos over several years, from their home in Indonesia to places such as Komodo Island, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The talk will start at 19:30 with a drinks reception at 18:45.
Details
When: 23 May 2025 - 23 May 2025 Where: The HK Management Association – 8 Cotton Tree Drive – Central
