Table 3. Food items consumed by Carnaby’s Cockatoos during point samples in which feeding activity was recorded, either as the predominant activity (PDA) (n = 145) or as a supplementary activity (n = 85) (n = 230 total point samples with percentages in parentheses).
| Food item | No. of point samples in which food item eaten |
| Pine cone (canopy) | 81 (35.2%) |
| Pine cone (ground) | 61 (26.5%) |
| Pine (total) | 103 (44.8%) |
| Market Garden (ground vegetation or seed) | 8 (3.5%) |
| Market Garden (ground seed-fallow field) | 34 (14.8%) |
| Market Garden (total) | 42 (18.3%) |
| Banksia spp.* (cone or flower spike-canopy) | 43 (18.7%) |
| Banksia spp.* (cone-ground) | 8 (3.5%) |
| Banksia spp.* (total) | 46 (20.0%) |
| Dryandra (Banksia sessilis, seed) | 41 (17.8%) |
| Hakea spp. (seed or flower) | 11 (4.8%) |
| Grubbing (observed/probable) | 14 (6.1%) |
| Marri (flower, nectar, insect) | 7 (3.0%) |
| Horticultural fruit/nut (canopy/ground) | 3 (1.3%) |
| Unknown food item (ground) | 12 (5.2%) |
*
- not including Banksia sessilis.