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. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1843
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
(1842), Part 1, 0 no.117 p.138
Protonym:
Cacatua sanguinea
Avibase ID:
D4E583757142D618
Avibase ID:
avibase-D4E58375
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D4E58375
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554845
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little or Tanimbar Corella ( Cacatua [sanguinea or goffiniana]) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Kakatoe sanguinea [version 2] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Kakatoe sanguinea [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Cacatua [sanguinea, pastinator, goffiniana or tenuirostris]
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