Crest white or pale pink (Johnstone and Storr 1998 Pizzey and Knight 2012 Rowley and Boesman 2019). Face, neck, and underparts saturated pink. Subtle differences in appearance among subspecies (see Engelhard et al. Sexes similar, except eye color-dark brown in male, pink to red in female (Rowley 1990 Johnstone and Storr 1998 Marchant and Higgins 1999 Rowley and Boesman 2019). Bill off-white to pale gray has greenish wash in some populations.
GALAH COCKATOO SKIN
Ring of pinkish-white or pinkish-grey wrinkled skin around eye, raised and featherless said to be helpful in distinguishing subspecies. Male: 345 g (12.2 oz) (Rowley 1990 Rowley and Boesman 2019)įemale: 311 g (11.0 oz) (Rowley and Boesman 2019)įor Western Australia birds, Johnstone and Storr (1998) report slightly lower average weights: male, 327 g (11.5 oz) female, 290 g (10 oz).ģ5-36 cm (14 in) (Johnstone and Storr 1998 Rowley and Boesman 2019)ħ5 cm (30 in) (Marchant and Higgins 1999)Ĭockatoo of medium size. 2018)Ĭacatua roseicapilla (Marchant and Higgins 1999)
Rose or Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Marchant and Higgins 1999 Black et al. *Recognized by some authorities (e.g., Gill and Donksker 2019) but not others (e.g., Johnstone and Darnell 2018). Subspecies: * Eolophus roseicapilla kuhli (Mathews, 1912) - northern Australia Subspecies: Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps (Schodde, 1989) - eastern Australia Subspecies: Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapila (Vieillot, 1817) - Western Australia Species: Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) - Galah Sometimes placed in genus Cacatua in the wild, regularly hybridizes Cacatua sanguinea and C. All rights reserved.įamily: Psittacidae - parrots, cockatoos, macaws, lories Image credit: © San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
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