Little Corella

Cacatua sanguinea

John Gould was the first to describe the species, in 1843.

Cacatua is based on the Malay name for cockatoo, which refers to the large bill; sanguinea is derived from the Latin sanguineus (bloody), a reference to the blood-stained appearance of the feathers on the head and neck.

Roland Green,Ducorpsius gymnopis
(Bare-eyed Cockatoo) between 1916 and 1917

Author’s note: The Little Corella is the most widespread and common of the three Australian corellas and, like the Long-billed Corella, has spread towards the coast where humans have created suitable habitat and/or introduced them. ‘Corella’ was the name used by the Wiradjuri people of south-western New South Wales.

Ebenezer Edward Gostelow, The Little Corella
(Cacatua sanguinea) 1929

John Gould (artist), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer),
Cacatua sanguinea (Blood-stained Cockatoo) 1848 (sexes similar)

Author’s note: Gould’s and Richter’s lithograph is the first published illustration of the species.