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Red-vented Corella  

Also Known As: Red-vented Cockatoo, Philippine Corella (Cockatoo)
 
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Red-vented Cockatoos

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The Red-vented Corella flies with rapid wingbeats, evading swift predators by acrobatic flying.

Species Profile
Genus:
Cacatua

Species:
haematuropygia

Size: Adult Weight:
31cm (12.1 in) 340g (12 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults small, white; crest base feathers washed with yellow and rose/pink; yellow/pink tint to ear coverts; red undertail coverts; and yellow suffusion undertail. White eye ring. Eye in male brown/black; in female reddish.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with grey eye.

Call: Loud call, at times harsh and croaking and others rasping.

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Content Sources:

ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1403&m=0

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

xeno-canto Asia http://www.xeno-canto.org/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.

Avian Pediatric Seminar Proceedings, various authors, 1988.