Licmetis

Taxobox
name = Cockatoos


image_width = 250px‎
image_caption = Little Corella‎
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Cacatuidae
genus = "Cacatua"
subgenus = "Licmetis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "6, see text"

"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 entirely - found in Australia, while the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Solomons each have an endemic species. They are relatively small cockatoos and all have pale bills. While most show yellow-tinged underwings and some red to the face, none have conspicuously coloured crests.

pecies

*Long-billed Corella, "Cacatua (Licmetis) tenuirostris"
*Western Corella, "Cacatua (Licmetis) pastinator"
*Little Corella, "Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea"
*Red-vented Cockatoo, "Cacatua (Licmetis) haematuropygia"
*Goffin's Cockatoo, "Cacatua (Licmetis) goffini"
*Ducorps' Cockatoo, "Cacatua (Licmetis) ducorpsii"

References

* Brown, D. M., and Toft, C. A. (1999). "Molecular systematics and biogeography of the cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)." Auk 116(1): 141-157.
* Juniper, T., and Parr, M. (1998). "A Guide to the Parrots of the World." Pica Press, East Sussex. ISBN 1-873403-40-2