TANIMBAR CORELLA

Photographed in Singapore (ChangiVillage) November 2016

933             TANIMBAR CORELLA              Kakatua Tanimbar

SINGAPORE (Changi Village)              (93)

Common resident, originated from introduced stock and escapees; found in secondary scrub, old plantations, parkland. 32 cm. Distribution: Tanimbar and Kai Islands in S Maluku; introduced to Taiwan and Singapore.

WESTERN CORELLA

Photographed at Beverley, Western Australia, April 2015

  561            WESTERN CORELLA             Cacatua pastinator

 AUSTRALIA          (402)

Also known as Western Long-billed Corella. c. 47 cm. Found in wheat; sheep farming country, with remnant native forest; woodland, scrub, sand plain heath. Endemic to sw. WA, Albany-Boyup Brook region of far s. WA, ne. of Perth, between Northam and Dongara; Moora and Burkina in w. and e.

Note: The Western Corella occurs in the SW of WA. It consists of two geographically separated subspecies: Butler's Corella (Cacatua pastinator butleri) found in the northern wheat fields of SW WA; and Muir's Corella (Cacatua pastinator pastinator) in a small pocket around Lake Muir, in the far south. The Lake Muir population was down to 100 hundred birds but has recovered considerably. The northern birds are smaller than the southern birds.

Photographed near York, Western Australia April 2015

Butler's Corella, photographed at Beverley November 2016

 

Muir's Corella, photographed at Lake Muir, November 2016

ORANGE-BELLIED PARROT

Photographed in Maleleuca, Tasmania February, 2015

490          ORANGE-BELLIED PARROT           Neophema chrysogaster

Australia           (331)

20-22 cm. Breeds in summer in sw Tasmania, migrates to s coast of Victoria and se SA for winter. Extremely endangered, one of Australia's rarest birds, in 2013/14 breeding season only 44 birds known to be alive in the wild, extensive breeding program at Healesville zoo has been reintroducing birds into the wild. Forages on salt marshes, beaches, dunes. Previously known as Orange-breasted Parrot as 'belly' was considered too inelegant; also known as yellow-bellied Parrot, Orange-bellied Grass-parakeet, and Trumped-up Corella.

LONG-BILLED CORELLA

75         LONG-BILLED CORELLA         Cacatus tanuirostris

Australia   (75)

Range is western districts of Victoria extending into Riverina and South Australia. found in red river gums along rivers and in woodlands, pastoral areas and on crops and hay stubble. 38-41 cm.

LITTLE CORELLA

 74      LITTLE CORELLA         Cacatua sanguinea

Australia    (74)

Range is extensive in inland Australia and n and w of Australia, feral flocks around some cities. Found rangelands, pastures, sandhills, gibber, crops and mangroves. 35-39 cms.