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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cacatua
- Mass
- 20
- Image
- Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea gymnopis) Blanchetown.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Cacatua sanguinea
- taxon name
- Cacatua sanguinea
- Commons gallery
- Cacatua sanguinea
- taxon common name
- catatua-sanguínea
- endemic to
- Australia
- litter size
- 2.4
- egg incubation period
- 25
- short name
- C. sanguinea
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Encyclopedic overview
The little corella (Cacatua sanguinea), 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Little Corella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.