About the Tanimbar Corella
The Tanimbar corella, also known as Goffin's cockatoo or Tanimbar cockatoo, is a species of cockatoo endemic to forests of Yamdena, Larat, and Selaru, all islands in the Tanimbar Islands archipelago in Indonesia. It has been introduced to the Kai Islands, Indonesia; Puerto Rico; and Singapore. This species was only formally described in 2004, after it was discovered that the previous formal descriptions pertained to individuals of a different cockatoo species, Ducorps' or Solomons cockatoo. Tanimbar corellas are the smallest of the white cockatoos. It is classified as near threatened due to deforestation and cage-bird trade. It breeds well in captivity and a large avicultural population…
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Tanimbar corellas weigh, on average, about 250 g (9 oz) for females and 300 g (11 oz) for males. They are about 31 cm (12 in) from head to tail. Like all members of the family Cacatuidae, the Tanimbar corella is crested, meaning it has a collection of feathers on its head that it can raise or lower. Its body is mainly covered with white feathers, with salmon- or pink-coloured feathers between the beak and eyes.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Puerto Rico, Philippines.
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Western CorellaCacatua pastinatorCacatua pastinator is a white cockatoo with the upper wing entirely white and under surface of the wing pale yellow.
Yellow-crested CockatooCacatua sulphureaThe yellow-crested cockatoo also known as the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo with white plumage, bluish-white bare orbital skin, grey feet, a black bill, and a retractile yellow or orange crest.
Solomons CorellaCacatua ducorpsiiThe Solomons corella is about 30 cm (12 in) long.
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