Little CorellaScientific name: Cacatua sanguinea
Meaning of name: Cacatua is based on the Malay word katatua, meaning cockatoo. Sanguinea is from the Latin word sanguineus, meaning blood-stained.
Aboriginal name: Djayarra (cha’yar’ra).
Distribution: Widespread in the arid and semi-arid areas of Australia.
Description: Up to 40cm long with a 100cm wingspan.
Notes: The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 115km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 10 years 10.9 months after being banded (information as at 16 January 2018).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
References: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Photograph courtesy of Peter White.
Photograph courtesy of B Wykes.
The difference between the little corella (left) and the long-billed corella (right) are easily seen when they are together.
Photograph courtesy of Diane.
