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WESTERN CORELLA FACTS |
Description
The Western Corella is a white cockatoo with cockatoo with short white crest that it can raise. The eye is surrounded by a greyish blue ring of bare skin, and there is a small pink patch between the eye and the bill. The underside of the wings and tail are light yellow. They are social birds and may be seen in large flocks. there are two subspecies Muir's Corella (C. pastinator pastinator) and Butler's Corella (C. pastinator butleri).
Other Names
Western Long-billed Corella
Size
40cm - 48cm
Habitat
open woodland, riverside woodland
Food
seeds, grain, roots, insect larvae
Breeding
nests in tree hollow where it lays two or three white eggs
Range
found only in the south west parts of Western Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Cacatuidae | | Genus: | Cacatua | | Species: | pastinator | | Common Name: | Western Corella |
Relatives in same Genus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (C. galerita)
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (C. leadbeateri)
Galah (C. roseicapilla)
Little Corella (C. sanguinea)
Long-billed Corella (C. tenuirostris)
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