Corella Art.

Corella Art.

Corellas are not hard to find, here in Queensland. They gather in large groups, in parks, reserves and areas where there is plenty of food and shelter. They feed in large flocks and forage mainly on the ground where a variety of seeds and grains are found and they will eat a few bulbs and some fruits.

As much as they love to congregate en masse, accompanied with a cacophony of noise which drowns out many other sounds, I often find a pair of corellas enjoying each others company.

I love to photograph them and due to their white feathers, they are great candidates for digital art.

Here are a few images that I had fun with. These two Corellas kept me entertained for quite some time.

Corellas are a subgenus of the white cockatoos and three of the six species are only found in Australia. The Little Corella is the most widely distributed of the three corella species found in Australia. The Western Corella is confined to the extreme south-west of Western Australia, and the Long-billed Corella is found in the south-east.

The little Corellas often like to play and get up to a manner of amusing antics. Such as perching on the blades of windmills and spinning around and around, falling off and then going back for more. It is not unusual to see these birds hanging upside down, holding on with their beaks.......just for fun.

Little Corellas are mostly white and are characterized by their fleshy blue eye-ring a pale rose-pink patch between the eye and bill.

They have a bright sulphur-yellow splash of colour on their underwing and beneath their tails which is best seen when in flight. Males and females have similar plumage, and young birds look like the adults, but are slightly smaller.

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