Corella Pair

Corella (bird) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Licmetis is a subgenus of the white cockatoos (genus Cacatua). They are collectively known as corellas in Australia. Three of the six species are primarily - or only - found in Australia, while the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Solomons each have an endemic species. They are relatively small cockatoos and – unlike the members of the subgenus Cacatua – all have pale bills. While most show yellow-tinged underwings and some red to the face, none have conspicuously coloured crests.

Here are links to other images of today's posting
http://365project.org/tonydebont/365/2012-08-16
http://365project.org/tonydebont/3rd-place/2012-08-16

Thank you to all who visit and comment on my postings and sincere apologies if I haven't responded to you individually. Sometimes I lose track of where I'm up to.

[Vee]

Nice capture! Are they sitting on a power line? It's amazing to think such beautiful birds are free and wild!

[Mrs. Smith]

Wow! I've never seen birds like this!

[Livia]

You have such beautiful birds there! Wonderfully captured, Tony!

[Tony]

@vskolnik Thanks Vee, yes they are sitting on the powerline and normally gather in flocks number into the hundreds.

[Tony]

@mrssmith Thanks Carla, that's the beauty of this planet.

[Tony]

@myautofocuslife Thanks Livia, I wish sometimes for a better lens.

[Phil]

They look so coy! And so pretty....

[Kitti Nelson]

Gorgeous capture Tony - I actually prefer the corella to the Sulphur-Crested - For a parrot they're quite subtle - well they are in ones and twos anyway!

[Cindy Rez]

wow how beautiful...we only have these types of birds in captivity here,thank you for sharing them in the wild!

[tony gig]

Would love to see these in my back garden Tony

[Tony]

@filsie65 Thanks Phil, they have the most raucous screech.

[Tony]

@kittikat Thanks Kitti, taken individually they are quite cute, in a big flock they are overwhelming !!

[Tony]

@cindyrez Thanks Cindy, they are one of many parrots, large and small that are wild/native here. The smallest would be the budgerigar, but they live up North.

[Tony]

@tonygig Thank you Tony, be careful what you wish for. They are quite destructive.