A Tanimbar Corella held as a pet at a jungle restaurant in Phitsanulok. It is overall white, with pinkish-salmon lores, a pinkish tinge on the upperparts, and a washed yellow tinge on the underside of the wings and tail.

It has a short crest, of which the feathers can be raised (fig.). The legs and feet are bluish-grey, the beak is deep pale, and the colour of the eyes can range from reddish-brown in females to brown or black in males, though otherwise both sexes are similar.

It is the smallest species of the white cockatoos and is named after the place from where it originates, that is the Tanimbar Archipelago in Indonesia.