Little Corella
(Redirected from Cacatua sanguinea)
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| Little corellas on a dead gum tree at Crystal Brook, South Australia. The sun had not yet risen, the corellas flew away before sun-rise | ||||||||||||||||
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| Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843 |
The Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, is a white cockatoo native to Australia.
The Little Corella grows to 36 to 39 cm in length and congregates in flocks of up to several thousand birds, which often include many Galahs. The bird generally roosts in trees overnight, and flies off to feed in the early morning with an almost deafening screeching. It mostly feeds on the ground, eating seeds including grain crops such as wheat and barley. It is so common that it has become something of a pest throughout much of Australia, and can be destructive to the trees in which it perches, by chewing the bark off smaller twigs.
Categories: Cacatuidae