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Western Corella  

Also Known As: Corella, Western Long-billed Corella or Cockatoo, Dampier's Cockatoo, Muir's Corella (C.p. pastinator), White Cockatoo (Western Australia)
 
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Western Corella landing

Credit: © Cheryl Moore
 
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Birds from the north favour double-gee (Emex australis), a weed pest; ironically this species is itself considered a pest.

Species Profile
Genus:
Cacatua

Species:
pastinator

Size: Adult Weight:
45cm (17.5 in) 700-860g (24.5-30.1 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: C.p. pastinator, C.p. derbyi

Colourization Adult:
C.p. pastinator: both adults in general white with orange/red lores; bases of feathers on head and mantle down to flanks washed with pink/orange. Eye ring bare and grey/blue, more extensively beneath the eye. Eye dark brown. C.p. derbyi: both adults as in pastinator but smaller in size.

Colourization Juvenile:
C.p. pastinator: as in adult but minimal orange/red on lores; pale yellow feather bases of back to rump and lower underparts. Eye ring bare but paler in colour, with a hint of pink under eye. Shorter upper mandible.

Call: Described as chuckling with three notes; similar to Little Corella, also shorter disyllabic call, with the second tone being more high pitched. Gives shrill shrieks and screeches when agitated.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1406&m=0

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

xeno-canto Australasiahttp://www.xeno-canto.org/"> http://www.xeno-canto.org/

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.