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Long-billed Corella

Long-billed Corella

Description The long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), or slender-billed corella[2] is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella and sulphur-crested cockatoo.[3] This species is mostly...

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Little Corella

Little Corella

Description The little corella (Cacatua sanguinea), also known as the bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, short-billed corella,little cockatoo and blue-eyed cockatoo, is a white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New...

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Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Description The yellow-tailed black cockatoo is 55–65 cm (22–26 in) in length and 750–900 grams in weight.[3] It has a short mobile crest on the top of its head, and the plumage is mostly brownish-black with paler feather-margins in the...

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Description  The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australiaand New Guinea and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them...

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Galah

Galah

Description Galahs are about 35 cm (14 in) long and weigh 270–350 g. They have a pale grey to mid-grey back, a pale grey rump, a pink face and chest, and a light pink mobile crest. They have a bone-coloured beak and the bare skin of the...

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