Little corella

Cacatua sanguinea

The Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea) is a bird found in Australia. Open woods, farms and cities in Australia. It eats seeds and nuts, leaves and other plant parts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Cacatua sanguinea
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Little corella lives

Open woods, farms and cities in Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

🌰 Seeds & nuts50%
🌿 Leaves & plants40%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 They gather in huge noisy flocks and love to chew.

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Recorded by Marcin Przymencki (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1085652. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Little corella

Where does the Little corella live?

The Little corella lives in Australia. Open woods, farms and cities in Australia.

What does the Little corella eat?

seeds and nuts (about 50%), leaves and other plant parts (about 40%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Little corella endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.