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title: "Long-billed Corella"
description: "Cacatua tenuirostris — Birds. The long-billed corella, also known as long-billed cockatoo or slender-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-billed-corella
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Corella

> Cacatua tenuirostris — Birds. The long-billed corella, also known as long-billed cockatoo or slender-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella.

- Scientific name: *Cacatua tenuirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7454
- Wikidata: [Q845964](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845964)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116839)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Corella
- de: Nasenkakadu
- es: Cacatúa picofina
- fr: Cacatoès nasique
- nl: Langsnavelkaketoe
- pl: Kakadu cienkodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7194)

## Summary

The long-billed corella, also known as long-billed cockatoo or slender-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella. This species is mostly white, with a reddish-pink face and forehead, and has a long, pale beak, which is used to dig for roots and seeds. It has reddish-pink feathers on the breast and belly.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_corella

## Photo

![Long-billed Corella](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-corella/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/211407717

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-corella?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).