Long-Billed Corella
Cacatua tenuirostris
Also known as: Slender-Billed Corella
About This Species
A large white cockatoo of south-eastern Australian grassland, farmland and open woodland, most often seen in noisy flocks feeding on the ground on bulbs, roots, seeds and waste grain, sometimes alongside other cockatoo species. Its long, curved upper bill is adapted for digging out onion grass and other underground food, leaving distinctive dug-over patches of turf. Flocks are easiest to find early morning or late afternoon in open paddocks and parkland near roosting trees.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- Watch from a vehicle or a fixed distance rather than walking directly at a feeding flock, as corellas flush readily and repeated disturbance wastes energy they need for foraging.
- Native birds, including this species, are protected under Australian state wildlife legislation, and taking or interfering with nests in tree hollows is an offence.
- Large flocks near towns can become habituated to people, but deliberately feeding or approaching them closely is best avoided.
LCAvesPsittaciformesPsittacidae
Seasonal Activity
172,118 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
Photo
(c) lrathbone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.