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Common Name

Tanimbar Corella

Alternate Names

Goffin's Cockatoo, Blushing Cockatoo

Common Type

Corella

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Cacatuidae

Genus

Cacatua

Species

goffiniana

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Location Photographed

Singapore,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Non Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Tropical forests

Distribution and Range

Endemic to Tanimbar Island archipelago in Indonesia, introduced widely otherwise

Food

Diet consists mainly of seeds, nuts and fruit plus some insects

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Field Notes:

Threatened by habitat loss and illegal hunting for the pet trade as they make good pets. More birds in captivity than in the wild. Named after a Dutch naval lieutenant Andreas Leopold Goffiin by his friend naturalist Otto Finsch

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