I would be very surprised to hear of a blue-eyed cockatoo being kept in
captivity anywhere in Australia. As far as I know, they are not present in
Australian aviculture. I could be wrong, and please do correct me if I am.
Julian Teh
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On 26/10/2012, at 9:30 PM, Jeanffrench <> wrote:
> This looks like a Blue-eyed Cockatoo from New Britain in New Guinea - see
> Wikipedia article.
> Maybe an escapee from captivity?
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> On 26/10/2012, at 6:01 PM, sandra henderson <> wrote:
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>> my neighbour and fellow COG member John Bundock took a photo in his backyard
>> last week of what Joe Forshaw has confirmed is a cockatoo-corella hybrid
>> (see attached). the bird has a blue eye ring, and short yellow crest. It
>> was with the sulphur-crested cockatoos in Wanniassa - but we haven't been
>> able to sight it since. Joe thinks such hybrids will be more common with
>> the increasing numbers of corellas locally.
>>
>> sandra h
>> <hybrid_Sulphur-crested.jpg>
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