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Cacatua sanguinea

Photo by IanC
Photo taken:Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

[edit] Identification

36 to 39 cm. Mostly white, fleshy blue eye-ring and a pale rose-pink patch between the eye and bill. Sulphur-yellow wash on the underwing and under tail. The sexes are similar in plumage, and young birds look like the adults.

[edit] Distribution

Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Watercourses and where seeding grasses are found

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes seeds of cereal crops such as wheat and barley.

A nest is built in a suitable tree hollow, lined with shavings of wood. 2-4 eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents for about 25 days.

Breeding pairs nest in large colonies, and several nests may be found in the same tree.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID