Stats

Lifespan: 20-40 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Australia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flock Safety
Status: Common

About

The galah is Australia's most widespread cockatoo, instantly recognisable by its vivid rose-pink head and chest contrasting with pale grey back and wings. Pairs bond for life and reinforce that bond through elaborate mutual preening and synchronised flight displays.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Cacatuidae
Genus: Eolophus
Species: Eolophus roseicapilla