Long-billed Corella at Mittagong, NSW
Identification history
| Cacatua tenuirostris | 5 Jan 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Cacatua sanguinea | 4 Jan 2020 | JanHartog |
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4 comments
natureguy
wrote:
5 Jan 2020
Hi Jan, this is a Long-billed Corella.
1. It has a long upper mandible.
2. It has a large amount of red on the face.
Luke
1. It has a long upper mandible.
2. It has a large amount of red on the face.
Luke
JanHartog
wrote:
5 Jan 2020
Hi Luke
I think you are right. I thought the range was more southern NSW.
Thanks Jan
I think you are right. I thought the range was more southern NSW.
Thanks Jan
natureguy
wrote:
5 Jan 2020
Long-billed Corellas have a natural range in southeastern SA, western Vic and the Riverina area of southwestern NSW and have been significantly expanding their natural range in recent times. But with the help of humans there are also now feral/introduced populations in all Australian states (Perth, Alice Springs, Tasmania and along the NSW-QLD coast extending inland to Canberra-SH).
There is some debate to whether the population spreading to the NSW coast, southern highlands and Canberra is natural range expansion or introduced birds or both.
You might find the ALA Long-billed Corella page useful, which provides a map of their range.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9e3f5164-98ed-49bc-964b-cde4aeff6df6
Thanks Luke
There is some debate to whether the population spreading to the NSW coast, southern highlands and Canberra is natural range expansion or introduced birds or both.
You might find the ALA Long-billed Corella page useful, which provides a map of their range.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9e3f5164-98ed-49bc-964b-cde4aeff6df6
Thanks Luke
Location information
- Coordinates 150.442000-34.447000
- Maps Mittagong Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Mittagong, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 8 Oct 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- JanHartog Recorded by
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Birds Parrots JanHartog Southern Highlands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Cacatua tenuirostris Scientific name
- Long-billed Corella Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 727m Recorded at altitude
- 106 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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