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Little corella

Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843

LCLeast Concernparrots

The little corella (Cacatua sanguinea) is a species in the family Cacatuidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 487.9 g to 562 g and live up to 46.9 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the little corella

Weight
487.9 g – 562 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
46.9 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.6src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the little corella live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The little corella is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the little corella?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The little corella (Cacatua sanguinea), also known as the short-billed corella, bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, and little cockatoo is a white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It was known as Birdirra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara. They would keep them as pets, or traditionally cook and eat them. The downy feathers are used in traditional ceremonies and dances where they adorn head and armbands.

From the Wikipedia article “Little corella” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_corella&oldid=1379330966), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the little corella endangered?

The little corella is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the little corella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyCacatuidae
  6. genusCacatua
  7. SpeciesCacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843
Other names and names in other languages (49)
  • Bare-eyed cockatooEnglish
  • Blood-stained cockatooEnglish
  • Blue-eyed cockatooEnglish
  • Little cockatooEnglish
  • Short-billed corellaEnglish
  • كورلا صغيرةArabic
  • كوريلا صغيرةArabic
  • كوكاتو صغيرArabic
  • كوريلا قصيرة المنقارArabic
  • كوكاتو أزرق العينArabic
  • كوكاتو عاري العينينArabic
  • كوكاتو ملطخ بالدماءArabic
  • Какаду галавокіBelarusian
  • cacatua sanguíniaCatalan
  • kakadu naholícíCzech
  • corela bachWelsh
  • Nøgenøjet KakaduDanish
  • RotzügelkakaduGerman
  • NacktaugenkakaduGerman
  • nudokula kakatuoEsperanto
  • Cacatúa sanguíneaSpanish
  • lättekakaduuEstonian
  • lähdekakaduFinnish
  • Cacatoès corellaFrench
  • kratkokljuni kakaduCroatian
  • csupaszszemű kakaduHungarian
  • Kakatua rawaIndonesian
  • Corella minoreItalian
  • アカビタイムジオウムJapanese
  • mažasis kakaduLithuanian
  • Tsídii yáłtiʼíłgaaí yázhíNavajo
  • NaaktoogkaketoeDutch
  • korellakakaduNorwegian
  • kakadu sinookaPolish
  • catatua-pequenaPortuguese
  • cacatua-corella-pequenaPortuguese
  • catatua-sanguíneaPortuguese
  • Гологлазый какадуRussian
  • kakadu ružovkastýSlovak
  • Mali korela kakaduSerbian
  • barögd kakaduaSwedish
  • nakenögd kakaduaSwedish
  • นกกระตั้วน้อยThai
  • Küçük CorellaTurkish
  • Küçük Korella KakadusuTurkish
  • какаду малийUkrainian
  • 小凤头鹦鹉Chinese
  • 小白鳳頭鸚鵡Chinese
  • 小鳳頭鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the little corella

Other species in the same genus Cacatua.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the little corella?

An adult little corella weighs 487.9 g – 562 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the little corella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the little corella for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the little corella endangered?

The little corella is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the little corella live?

The little corella has a recorded lifespan of 46.9 years.

What kind of animal is the little corella?

The little corella (Cacatua sanguinea) belongs to the family Cacatuidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{little_corella_2026,
  title = {Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-corella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}