 the little corella (cacatua sanguinea), also known as the bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, short-billed corella, little cockatoo and blue-eyed cockatoo, is a white cockatoo native to australia and southern new guinea. it was known as birdirra among the yindjibarndi people of the central and western pilbara. they would keep them as pets, or traditionally cook and eat them. the downy feathers are used in traditional ceremonies and dances where they adorn head and armbands. thumb|little corellas - durack lakes - palmerston - northern territory - australia ==taxonomy== the species was originally described by english ornithologist john gould in 1843. there are four subspecies as follows: * c. s. sanguinea * c. s. normantoni * c. s. transfreta * c. s. gymnopis ==description== thumb|left|in australia the little corella is a small white cockatoo growing to  in length and weighs , with a mean weight of .crc handbook of avian body masses by john b. dunning jr. (editor). crc press (1992), isbn 978-0-8493-4258-5. (2011). it is similar in appearance to both the long-billed corella and th
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