BirdUp · Species
Little Corella
Cacatua sanguineaGould, 1843
Also known asBirdirra
- Order
- PSITTACIFORMES
- Family
- Cacatuidae
- Genus
- Cacatua
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The little corella, also known as the short-billed corella, bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, and little cockatoo is a white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It was known as Birdirra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara. They would keep them as pets, or traditionally cook and eat them. The downy feathers are used in traditional ceremonies and dances where they adorn head and armbands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-central New Guinea and most of Australia (now including many urban areas in the south-west and south-east)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
call · Quality A
James Ray · Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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