Little Corella

Little Corella / Cacatua sanguinea

Little Corella

Here the details of the Little Corella named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cacatua sanguinea
Protonym:  Cacatua sanguinea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.138
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae /
Taxonomy Code:  litcor2
Type Locality:  North coast of Australia = Port Essington, Northern Territory.
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Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CACATUA
(Cacatuidae; Ϯ White-crested Cockatoo C. alba) Malay names Kakatúa or Kakak-túa for the cockatoos. The origin of the Malay name is unclear; kakatuwah  vice, alludes to the powerful bill; "older sister" from kakak  sister + tua old, for its noisy sororal behaviour; “KAKATOÈS, Cacatua, Briss.; Psittacus, Lath.  ...  Les noms kakatoès, cacatou, cacacoua, sont dérivés du cri des espèces à plumage blanc, les seules qui fussent connues de Brisson et de Buffon; elles habitent principalement les îles de l'Océan indien, telles que les Moluques, les Philippines, celles de la Sonde et de la mer Pacifique.   ...   Le KAKATOËS BANKSIEN, Cacatua banksii, Vieill.; Psittacus banksii, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A BEC COULEUR DE CHAIR, Cacatua Philippinarum, Vieill.; Psittacus Philippinarum, Lath., Buff.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE BLANCHE, Cacatua cristata, Vieill.; Psittacus cristatus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE JAUNE, Cacatua sulphurea, Vieill.; Psittacus sulphureus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE ROUGE, Cacatua rosacea, Vieill.; Psittacus rosaceus, Lath.; Psittacus moluccensis, Gmel.   ...   Le KAKATOËS JING-WOS, Cacatua galerita, Vieill.; Psittacus galeritus, Lath.  ...  se trouve aussi à la Chine, où elle porte le nom de Jing-wos (oiseau qui parle)   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROSE, Cacatua roseicapilla, Vieill.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROUGE, Cacatua galeata, Vieill.; Psittacus galeatus, Lath.” (Vieillot 1817); "Cacatua Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xvii. p. 6, Dec. 27th, 1817: new name for Plyctolophus Vieillot." (Mathews 1927, 312); "CACATUA Vieillot, 1817  F — Cacatua cristata, 1817; type by subsequent designation (Salvadori, 1891, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 20, pp. 115, 124). = Psittacus albus Statius Müller, 1776." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 354).
Synon. Cacatoes, Cacatus, Camptolophus, Ducorpsius, Eucacatua, Kakatoe, Licmetis, Lophochroa, Plissolophus, Plyctolophus.

sanguinea
L. sanguineus bloody < sanguis, sanguinis blood.
● ex “Tourterelle blanche ensanglantée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Sanguine Turtle” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gallicolumba luzonica).
● ex “Crimson Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Himatione).

SUBSPECIES

Little Corella (transfreta)
SCI Name: Cacatua sanguinea transfreta
transfreta
L. trans across, beyond; fretum strait, sound.

Little Corella (sanguinea)
SCI Name: Cacatua sanguinea sanguinea
sanguinea
L. sanguineus bloody < sanguis, sanguinis blood.
● ex “Tourterelle blanche ensanglantée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Sanguine Turtle” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gallicolumba luzonica).
● ex “Crimson Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Himatione).

Little Corella (westralensis)
SCI Name: Cacatua sanguinea westralensis
westra / westralasiana / westralensis / westraliensis / westralis
Western Australia.

Little Corella (gymnopis)
SCI Name: Cacatua sanguinea gymnopis
gymnopis
Gr. γυμνος gumnos  bare, naked; -ωπις -ōpis  -faced  < ωψ ōps,  ωπος ōpos  face.

Little Corella (normantoni)
SCI Name: Cacatua sanguinea normantoni
normantoni / normantoniensis
Normanton, on the Norman River, north-western Queensland, Australia.