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WoodlandCavity nestLarge · 524 g
What the Little Corella sounds like
ID tip
The little corella is a small white cockatoo growing to 35–41 cm (14–16 in) in length and weighs 370–630 g (13–22 oz), with a mean weight of 525 g (1.157 lb). It is similar in appearance to both the long-billed corella and the western corella, but the little corella is smaller, and unlike either of those species, it has upper and lower mandibles of similar length. It is easily distinguished from the long-billed corella by the lack of an orange throat bar. C. s. normantoni and C. s. transfreta are a little smaller than the nominate form. C. s. Voice: The call consists of high pitched notes and screeches somewhat similar to the sulphur-crested cockatoo. Large flocks will call simultaneously and can create a deafening screeching sound audible from several kilometers away.
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When to see the Little Corella
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Little Corella
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Puerto Rico.
About the Little Corella
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.
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Easily confused with
Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostrisThe adult long-billed corella measures from 38 to 41 cm in length, has a wingspan around 80–90 cm, and averages 567 g in weight.
Pink CockatooCacatua leadbeateriThe pink cockatoo has a soft-textured white and salmon-pink plumage and large, bright red and yellow crest.
Tanimbar CorellaCacatua goffinianaTanimbar corellas weigh, on average, about 250 g (9 oz) for females and 300 g (11 oz) for males.
Side by side: Galah vs Little Corella · Little Corella vs Sulphur-crested Cockatoo · Little Corella vs Long-billed Corella · Little Corella vs Pink Cockatoo · Little Corella vs Tanimbar Corella
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