Cacatua sanguinea
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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.
The first recorded description of the species was by English ornithologist John Gould in 1843. The little corella is a small white cockatoo growing to 35–41 cm (14–16 in) in length and weighs 370–630 g (13–22 oz), with a mean weight of 525 g (1.157 lb). It is similar in appearance to both the long-billed corella and the western corella, but the little corella is smaller, and unlike either of those species, it has upper and lower mandibles of similar length. It is easily distinguished from the long-billed corella by the lack of an orange throat bar. C. s. normantoni... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orana Wildlife Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Oasis Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Parc zoologique et forestier Michel-Corbasson | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Indianapolis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 6 | Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 7 | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Alipore Zoological Gardens | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | African Dawn Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Millcreek Bird Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Castellar Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Mote Marine Laboratory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 15 | Campbelltown Forest of Wild Birds | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 16 | Caversham Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Schwanenkolonie | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Little Corella sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 5,726 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 243 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Little Corella in Sydney on a given day, against about 20% in July to September, the lowest months. Those are among Sydney's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in September.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Corella sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Little Corella sightings, Sydney ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Perth (Australia, about 50%).
Same genus: Cacatua
The closest relatives of the Little Corella that you can see in Sydney (genus Cacatua, White Cockatoos and Corellas) are Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (about 60%) and Long-billed Corella (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Corella is recorded against all the birds logged in Sydney (5,726 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
