Galah
Chick, profile
Ellura
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Male feeding juvenile
 
                      
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family: Cockatoo (Cacatuidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
This Photo:     🔍Chick, Face🔎
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 and elsewhere
Pink breast, grey back and wings. 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.

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Oct-2014
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)