Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos

@article{Heinsohn2003OverlapAC,
  title={Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos},
  author={Robert Heinsohn and Stephen A. Murphy and Sarah M. Legge},
  journal={Australian Journal of Zoology},
  year={2003},
  volume={51},
  pages={81-94}
}
We examined the extent of overlap in the characteristics of nest holes used by eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus), palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus) and sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) in patches of rainforest and woodland in and around Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Eclectus parrots nested only in rainforest and palm cockatoos nested mostly in eucalypt woodland adjacent to rainforest. Sulphur-crested cockatoos nested in both habitats. Nest holes of… 
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