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Long-billed Corella

(Cacatua tenuirostris)
Alternate name(s): "Corella*", "Slender-billed Corella", "Long-billed Cockatoo"
Size: 38-41 cm
Weight: 570 g (average)

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Long-billed Corella at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Natives

ADULT

PAIR

Frontal/ventral view of a pair of Long-billed Corellas (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Newlands, near Apsley, VIC, October 2016]

Sex unknown

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Torquay, VIC, April 2022]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a Long-billed Corella looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Torquay, VIC, April 2022]

Lateral view of two Long-billed Corellas, together with two Galahs, in a dead tree top (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Newlands, near Apsley, VIC, October 2016]

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella in flight (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Newlands, near Apsley, VIC, October 2016]

Introduced

PAIR

Two (pair of?) Long-billed Corellas in a eucalypt (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Lake Claremont, Perth, WA, January 2015]

Two (pair of?) Long-billed Corellas in a eucalypt (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Lake Claremont, Perth, WA, January 2015]

Two (pair of?) Long-billed Corellas on the point of departure (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Lake Claremont, Perth, WA, January 2015]

Sex unknown

Frontal portrait of an adult Long-billed Corella (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2014]

Frontal/ventral view of a Long-billed Corella looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, August 2018]

Close-up near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella looking sideways (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[City Beach, Perth, WA, September 2022]

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella looking sideways (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[City Beach, Perth, WA, September 2022]

Near-lateral view of a Long-billed Corella (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2014]

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella scaring the wits out of a Pied Currawong (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2014]

Lateral view of a Long-billed Corella (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2013]

Near-dorsal view of a Long-billed Corella (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, August 2018]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Communal Mobility: Dispersive Elementary unit: Flock

Food, Diet

Adults: Seeds Dependents: Regurgitated seeds Water intake: Daily

Like basically all cockatoos, Long-billed Corellas are seed-eaters, where seeds include those in cones and nut-like fruit.

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella chomping eucalypt seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Torquay, VIC, April 2022]

Near-lateral view of a Long-billed Corella chomping eucalypt seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Torquay, VIC, April 2022]

Near-frontal view of a Long-billed Corella feeding on plant material (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, August 2018]

Lateral view of Long-billed Corellas feeding on plant material (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, August 2018]

Near-lateral view of two Long-billed Corellas feeding on plant material (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[City Beach, Perth, WA, September 2022]

Near-lateral view of a Long-billed Corella feeding on plant material (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[City Beach, Perth, WA, September 2022]

Close-up lateral view of a Long-billed Corella feeding on plant material (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[City Beach, Perth, WA, September 2022]

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