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Western corella

Cacatua pastinator (Gould, 1841)

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The western corella (Cacatua pastinator) is a species in the family Cacatuidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 551 g to 631.7 g and live up to 26.3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Western corella (Cacatua pastinator)
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the western corella

Weight
551 g – 631.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
26.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.51src 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 western 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 western 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 western corella?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The western corella (Cacatua pastinator) also known as the western long-billed corella, is a species of white cockatoo endemic to south-western Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Western corella” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_corella&oldid=1379734918), 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 western corella endangered?

The western 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 western corella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyCacatuidae
  6. genusCacatua
  7. SpeciesCacatua pastinator (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Licmetis pastinator

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Western long-billed corellaEnglish
  • كورلا غربيةArabic
  • كوريلا غربيةArabic
  • كوريلا طويلة المنقار الغربيةArabic
  • Тонкадзюбы какадуBelarusian
  • cacatua cavadoraCatalan
  • kakadu hrabavýCzech
  • corela bach hirbigWelsh
  • NæsekakaduDanish
  • WühlerkakaduGerman
  • Wühler-KakaduGerman
  • fosanta kakatuoEsperanto
  • Cacatúa cavadoraSpanish
  • Cacatúa de Pico AfiladoSpanish
  • lääne-kaevurkakaduuEstonian
  • lännenkoukkukakaduFinnish
  • Cacatoès laboureurFrench
  • plavolici kakaduCroatian
  • turkáló kakaduHungarian
  • Pastinator-kakaduHungarian
  • Corella occidentaleItalian
  • ヒメテンジクバタンJapanese
  • vakarinis kakaduLithuanian
  • Tsídii yáłtiʼíłgaaí bitseeʼ łitsooígííNavajo
  • Oostelijke LangsnavelkaketoeDutch
  • Westelijke LangsnavelkaketoeDutch
  • vestkakaduNorwegian
  • kakadu długodziobaPolish
  • cacatua-ocidentalPortuguese
  • cacatua-pastinatorPortuguese
  • catatua-ocidentalPortuguese
  • Западный какадуRussian
  • kakadu kopáčSlovak
  • Golooki korela kakaduSerbian
  • västaustralisk kakaduaSwedish
  • นกกระตั้วปากยาวตะวันตกThai
  • Batılı Korella KakadusuTurkish
  • какаду західнийUkrainian
  • Manatjxwj
  • 西方鳳頭鸚鵡Chinese
  • 西长嘴凤头鹦鹉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the western 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 western corella?

An adult western corella weighs 551 g – 631.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the western corella live?

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

Is the western corella endangered?

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

How long does the western corella live?

The western corella has a recorded lifespan of 26.3 years.

What kind of animal is the western corella?

The western corella (Cacatua pastinator) 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). Western corella (Cacatua pastinator). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-corella

MLA

“Western corella (Cacatua pastinator).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-corella.

BibTeX
@misc{western_corella_2026,
  title = {Western corella (Cacatua pastinator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-corella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}