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Long-billed corella

Cacatua tenuirostris (Kuhl, 1820)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) is a species in the family Cacatuidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 546 g to 588 g and live up to 43 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-billed corella

Weight
546 g – 588 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
43 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
25 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.7src 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 long-billed 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 long-billed 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the long-billed corella?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-billed corella, also known as long-billed cockatoo or slender-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella. This species is mostly white, with a reddish-pink face and forehead, and has a long, pale beak, which is used to dig for roots and seeds. It has reddish-pink feathers on the breast and belly.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-billed corella” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-billed_corella&oldid=1362475151), 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 long-billed corella endangered?

The long-billed 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. What the categories mean.

How is the long-billed corella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyCacatuidae
  6. genusCacatua
  7. SpeciesCacatua tenuirostris (Kuhl, 1820)

Synonyms Cacatua tenuirostris tenuirostris, Kakatoe tenuirostris, Kakatoe tenuirostris tenuirostris, Psittacus nasicus, Psittacus tenuirostris

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Slender-billed corellaEnglish
  • كورلا طويلة المنقارArabic
  • كوريلا طويلة المنقارArabic
  • كوريلا مستدقة المنقارArabic
  • NoosenkakaduBavarian
  • Какаду насатыBelarusian
  • cacatua degolladaCatalan
  • kakadu ostrozobýCzech
  • corela hirbigWelsh
  • Langnæbbet KakaduDanish
  • NasenkakaduGerman
  • stretbeka kakatuoEsperanto
  • Cacatúa picofinaSpanish
  • kaevurkakaduuEstonian
  • idänkoukkukakaduFinnish
  • Cacatoès nasiqueFrench
  • קקדו קורלה ארוך מקורHebrew
  • dugokljuni kakaduCroatian
  • ormányos kakaduHungarian
  • Corella beccolungoItalian
  • テンジクバタンJapanese
  • rausvakaklis kakaduLithuanian
  • Tsídii yáłtiʼíłgaaí binákʼee dootłʼizh dóó łichíʼígííNavajo
  • Oostelijke LangsnavelkaketoeDutch
  • Westelijke LangsnavelkaketoeDutch
  • langnebbkakaduNorwegian
  • kakadu cienkodziobaPolish
  • cacatua-násicaPortuguese
  • cacatua-corella-de-bico-longoPortuguese
  • catatua-de-bico-longoPortuguese
  • catatua-násicaPortuguese
  • Носатый какадуRussian
  • kakadu tenkozobýSlovak
  • Nosati kakaduSerbian
  • långnäbbad kakaduaSwedish
  • นกกระตั้วน้อยปากยาวThai
  • Uzun Gagalı KakaduTurkish
  • какаду червонолобийUkrainian
  • 長嘴鳳頭鸚鵡Chinese
  • 长嘴凤头鹦鹉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-billed 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 long-billed corella?

An adult long-billed corella weighs 546 g – 588 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-billed corella live?

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

Is the long-billed corella endangered?

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

How long does the long-billed corella live?

The long-billed corella has a recorded lifespan of 43 years.

What kind of animal is the long-billed corella?

The long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) belongs to the family Cacatuidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-corella

MLA

“Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-corella.

BibTeX
@misc{long_billed_corella_2026,
  title = {Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-corella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}