AY Honors/Parrots and Cockatoos/Answer Key

The Long-billed Corella, Cacatua tenuirostris, is a cockatoo native to Australia. Species are mostly white, with a pink face and forehead. They also have faintly pink feathers on the breast and belly, and yellow on the underside of the wings and tail. The birds have a long white beak, which is used to dig for roots and seeds.

The species has a small distribution, and usually inhabits woodlands, river banks and farming land, though it is not uncommon in urban areas.

CORELLA'S AS PETS

Long-billed Corella's are also popular as cage pets in many parts of Australia. Although they were once uncommon in the 1990's their population has stabalised in the last decade.Long-billed Corellas measure 40cm in length and have a wingpan of about 80-90cm

References

• Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Flegg, Jim. Birds of Australia: Photographic Field Guide Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2002. (ISBN 1-876334-78-9)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) website - Threats to wild bird populations

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