Western Corella

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Western Corella

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Subfamily: Cacatuinae
Genus: Cacatua
Subgenus: Licmetis
Species: C. pastinator
Binomial name
Cacatua pastinator
(Gould , 1841)

The Western Corella, Cacatua pastinator, is a cockatoo endemic to Australia. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Little Corella. There are two subspecies, var. derbyi and var. pastinator, which is endangered.

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