Gathers in large, raucous groups with other cockatoos.ģ or 4 but up to 6 ovate eggs, 35.0 x 26.5mm (1.4 x 1 in).Īugust-November in most of range. Will forage for undigested seeds in horse and cattle faeces.įorages up to 15km (9 mi) from nest site non-breeding or post breeding birds may go further. Mainly feeds on seeds, such as oats and grass, and some insect larvae, berries, buds, flowers and Eucalyptus seeds. kuhli: N Australia, from Kimberley division of W Australia east to S Cape York Peninsula and Burdekin River, N Queensland.įound in variety of areas including woodland, savanna, and cultivated areas does not occur in dense forest. They form a very close bond with their mate, possibly more than other species of cockatoos. In the wild, umbrella cockatoos mate for life.
albiceps: E Tasmania and east to SE mainland Australia, north to lat 20 S in N Queensland and west to Simpson Desert.Ĭ.r. Umbrella cockatoos are gentle, docile, and sweet-tempered by nature, making them well-suited to be companion birds. roseicapilla: W Australia, south of the Great Sandy Desert and east to Harts Range, possibly to Simpson Desert, southern Northern Territory.Ĭ.r. These birds in turn mate with local birds of different subspecies.Ĭ.r.
The sale of easily trapped young birds and their transport to another state for sale is, unfortunately, legal and has led to people letting loose birds thousands of kilometres outside their natural range. Listen NowĪppears to be very little threat this species has benefitted from increases in food generated by agriculture. Variety of calls contact call chet chet every 10 seconds, repeated rapidly when sounding alarm call, loud screeching scree notes accompany lifing of wings and fanning of crest. roseicapilla: As in adult but duller plumage grey wash in crest, crown and breast. kuhli: Both adults as in albiceps but generally paler in colour shorter crest peaking on forecrown noticeable white bordering on feathers below eye slightly smaller in size.Ĭ.r. albiceps: Both adults white forehead, crest and crown, with pink bases to feathers, separate from darker pink area behind neck. A galah often makes a contact call when it is flying, a brief chet that is often repeated. The word galah in Australia has come to mean ‘idiot’ or ‘fool’, possibly because of the bird’s playful antics. Eye dark brown in male, red/brown in female.Ĭ.r. The galah is amongst the most widespread and abundant cockatoo species. roseicapilla: Both adults soft pink forehead, crest and crown, with white wash, blending into darker hindneck deep pink face, neck and underparts grey wings grey undertail coverts pale grey rump. Related publications: Eolophus roseicapilla
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