(18 Sep 2025)
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Hong Kong – 18 August 2025
1. Various of cockatoos in Hong Kong City’s Victoria Park in Causeway Bay
2. Various of Dr Astrid Andersson checking on installation of nest box in Victoria Park
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Astrid Andersson, researcher, University of Hong Kong
“Cockatoos in general are a very popular pet and in the 80s and 90s, because of the huge export from Indonesia, yellow crested cockatoos were very available. And so a lot of people had them as pets. But what I think happened was they didn’t realize that these birds are very long, long lived. They will live for up to 80 years in some cases. And they’re also very noisy. They’re very messy. So what happened was I think either pets were escaping because they’re also very clever, or they were being released and that’s how this wild population came to grow and become established in Hong Kong’s city centre.”
4. Conservationist Harry Wong carrying a container up a tree
5. Tilt up of trees
6. Various of Wong fitting nest
7. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Harry Wong, conservationist
“Actually, there was an initial prototype design, which was a nest box used in Australia. Dr Astrid mentioned that this type of nest box was successful there. But once it came to Hong Kong, there were differences in both the climate and the specific needs for university research purpose. For example, a camera needed to be installed inside and the ventilation had to be improved. So, starting from that design, we made modifications and added different functions to the nest box and eventually it turned into what you see now.”
8. Various of nest boxes in Victoria Park
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9. Various of cockatoos in Victoria Park
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Astrid Andersson, researcher, University of Hong Kong
“I have to say that we have this amazing, unique opportunity here because we have almost 10% of the remaining wild population for this species on the planet. So in Hong Kong, we have between 150 and 200, somewhere in between there and globally in Indonesia and East Timor, which is where they come from originally, there’s around a 1,500 to 2000 according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).”
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11. Various of cockatoos in nest box in Hong Kong University
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12. Various of nest boxes in Hong Kong University
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13. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Harry Wong, conservationist
“There really are ways for us to create small things in this city that allow the animals living here to coexist with us in this shared space. So it has been a really valuable experience.”
14. Pan shot of Dr Astrid Andersson and Harry Wong carrying nest box
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Yellow-crested cockatoos have found a sanctuary in Hong Kong’s urban parks, but they face housing troubles similar to their human neighbors.
These screechy birds, native to Indonesia and East Timor, make up about 10% of the species’ global wild population.
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