Cacatua (Cacatua) sanguinea
Little Corella
©Charlie: Little Corella visiting the herb garden. It later on teamed up with a couple of Yellow-crested Cockatoo.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Cacatuidae
Genus
Cacatua
Species
Cacatua (Cacatua) sanguinea
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
It is white with a short erectile crest. It has bare blue skin around the eye and salmon-pink lores. The underwing and under-tail plumage is yellow.
Females are slightly smaller than males in weight, wing length, culmen size, tarsus length, tail length and eye ring diameter. (Wikipedia)
Size
- From 35 cm to 41 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Up to 100 cm
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Long-billed Corella (species: Cacatua (Cacatua) tenuirostris)
The Little Corella is easily distinguished from the Long-billed Corella because it has upper and lower mandibles that are of similar length. Also, it lacks a re-orange bar or colour across the throat.
Interesting facts
- When Little Corella play, they become very noisy. They have conversations with each other, and also show off by hanging themselves upside-down with their feet, beaks or both. (Wikipedia)
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Diet
It mostly feeds on the ground, eating seeds including cereal crops such as wheat and barley. (Wikipedia)
