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Bare Eyed Cockatoo

About Bare Eyed Cockatoo

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 Guinea. It was known as Birdirra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara. These birds are extremely social and live in large flocks. They live in riverside woodlands near grasslands and agricultural areas.

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Habitat

Australia and southern New Guinea

Primary Diet

Seeds, grass, fruits, berries, buds, flowers, nuts and insect larvae

Life span - wild

40 to 50 years

Life span - captivity

70 years

Conservation status

Least concern

Pet potential

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