![]() Western Long-billed Corella - English - Info Sheet. More information on “Corellas and other flocking cockatoos” is available at the Department of Parks and Wildlife webpage. There is now urgent management needed in the Perth region and on the Swan Coastal Plain to control this introduced pest species. When my ex and I divorced, her father took Bimma back, where she now lives again. The Eastern Long-billed Corella poses an environmental threat to our endemic black cockatoos by out-competing for nest sites, their ability to remove eggs from the nest hollow and to kill and maim advanced nestlings. She’s a wild, beautiful creature who was tragically stolen from the natural life she should have lived. This introduced species (derived from aviary escapees around Perth) is a major threat to our endemic corellas and black cockatoos. It is characterised by having a very long upper bill and its whole face is bright orange-red and it has a bright red neck giving it a cut throat appearance. The Eastern Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris is now well established around Perth and on the southerly Swan Coastal Plain to Busselton. ![]() Western Long-billed Corella (Muir’s Corella). Refer to the ‘Western Long-billed Corella.pdf ’ information sheet for more details. There are two subspecies – Muir’s Corella and Butler’s Corella. Unfortunately this bird is no longer found around Perth where it once occurred fairly abundantly. The Western Long-billed Corella Cacatua pastinator has a much longer bill than the Little Corella and has more extensive orange-red colour visible on the face and throat. Australia is fortunate to have a large number of native bird species and all native birds are protected. It is the smallest of our corellas, has the shortest bill of all the corellas and has a narrow band of dull orange-pink below the bill and eye. Please contact immediately WIRES for rescue assistance. This migratory species is declining rapidly due to the loss of around 87 of its woodland breeding habitat and as a result is listed as endangered. This includes the endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo of south-west Western Australia. The Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea is the common white cockatoo in the north- and mid-west of the State. Six Australian species are predominantly black. They are all medium-sized white cockatoos, often dirt stained on the underparts, have short crests, patches of blue-grey skin around the eye, brown eyes and pale yellow under the wings and tail. There are three species and five subspecies of corella found in Western Australia.
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