Bare-eyed or Little Corella Cockatoos
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I love all cockatoos, without a doubt. However, I am particularly fond of the bare-eyed for its clowny personality. Although
I have never lived with one, I have interacted with them on many occasions in the past and have been told by their owners that they are less noisy than other cockatoo species.
In any case, they are great characters. This being said,
they do deserve a lot of attention. Not a pet to be taken
lightly -- just like any cockatoo
The Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, is a white cockatoo native to Australia; it is sometimes called the bare eyed cockatoo.
Description: White; very short broad crest; lores and base of feathers to head, nape, breast and back orange-pink; ear-coverts and feathers above eye tinged dusky-yellow. Underside of tail-feathers and wings washed with yellow; bill is greyish-horn colour and elongated; narrow periophthalmic ring bluish-grey and extending to upper cheeks; dark brown iris; grey feet.
Female as male. Immatures as adult, but with shorter bill; periophthalmic ring less blue.
Length: 36 to 40 cm (15 ins), wing length 288 - 330 mm (11.5 - 13 ins)
The Little Corella congregates in flocks of up to several thousand birds, which often include many Galahs. The bird generally roosts in trees overnight, and flies off to feed in the early morning with an almost deafening screeching. It mostly feeds on the ground, eating seeds including cereal crops such as wheat and barley. It is so common that it has become something of a pest throughout much of Australia, and can be destructive to the trees in which it perches, by chewing the bark off smaller twigs. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
Genus: English: White
Black-billed Cockatoos ... Dutch: Wit & Zwartsnavelkakatoes
... German: Eigentliche Kakadus ... French: Cacatoès 
Species: Scientific:
Cacatua sanguinea sanguinea aka Cacatua pastinator sanguina
... English: Little Corella, Bare-eyed Cockatoos ... Dutch:
Naaktoog Kakatoe ... German: Nacktaugenkakadu, Rotzügelkakadu
... French: Petit corella, Cacatoès à oeil
nu CITES II - Endangered Species Sub-Species: normantoni, sanguinea Distribution: Eastern,
North-western and Northern Australia
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of Parrots ... Aves International
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