Eastern Galah
Adult Female, profile
Eastern Galah
Adult Female, Under-wing
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| Eastern Galah Adult Female, profile | | Eastern Galah Adult Female, Under-wing | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Parrots (Psittaciformes) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Cockatoo (Cacatuidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Eastern Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla ssp albiceps)| This Photo: | 🔍Adult Female, Crest🔎 | Synonyms: | Cacatua roseicapilla or Eolophus roseicapillus | Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland, Coastal Areas and elsewhere Pink breast, grey back and wings. Juveniles are similar to adults, but there is an obvious grey bar across the breast the adults don't have. Noisy bugger. They have character. The main difference between the genders is the eye colour (male's are black/dark brown & female's are red/light brown). Notice in the photo's both crest up and down, as well as cheek feathers covering the beak or not. The male bobbing up and down is probably a sign of territory defence.
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