Cacatua sanguinea

Little Corella at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Cacatua sanguinea	27 Dec 2020	NedJohnston
	Cacatua sanguinea	25 Dec 2020	AlisonMilton

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User's notes

These photos were taken between 12 May and 4 July 2020. Every afternoon two birds would fly across and land high up in these trees but on at least one occasion there were five birds. I delayed reporting as I was trying to get better photos as I believe at least some of these birds may be cross-bred with Long-billed Corellas.

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NedJohnston wrote:

27 Dec 2020

These birds appear to be little corellas however a hybrid between species would not be an unlikely thing in Canberra. Hybrids tend to much stronger red between the beak and eye as well as a little bit of red on the breast. (Little corellas display a pink on the breast when the feathers are ruffled but Long-bills & most hybrids show clear red.) It is possible that some of the birds are hybrids but with ruffled feathers it is hard to tell.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.028882 -35.237365
Altitude 617.0m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

5 Abundance
4 Jul 2020 01:57 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

Species information

Cacatua sanguinea Scientific name
Little Corella Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 835.54m Recorded at altitude
586 images trained Machine learning

Australian Capital Territory

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