Latin name: Cacatua sanguinea

 

Listed in Annex II of the Washington Convention.

 

Rarely imported into Europe and difficult to find in zoological parks.

 

Height: approximately 38 cm

Weight: from 400 to 600 g

Colour: Pinkish-white plumage

 

Bluish, naked ring around the eye.

 

Whitish, pointy beak.

 

Eye crown surrounded by feathers that are pink at their base.

 

The male and female are not distinguishable.

It appears that the female has a smaller ring around the eye.

It is believed that it is the first species of Australian parrots described by a European. They are not protected by international conventions.

 

In Australia, population numbers of the bare-eyed cockatoo are high, and they cause considerable crop damage.

 

They can be seen flying in groups of several thousand individuals. Although their screams are not powerful, their large groups can cause considerable sound nuisances.

 

Its behaviour is rarely mentioned but like the majority of cockatoos, it is destructive, active, and not very noisy.

 

In Australia, the bare-eyed cockatoo lives in groups in wooded areas (especially in eucalyptus zones), near rivers.

Their expansion parallels that of crops and pastures where new water spots emerge.

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