Galah family

Galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus) are promiscuous adaptable and can breed with other members of the cockatoo family, including the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. They do give due warning to other parrots in the area however, with their distinctive high-pitched screech!

The Galah can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail.

Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.

The Galah is one of the most abundant and familiar of the Australian parrots, occurring over most of Australia.

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As you can see from my photo of this family of four, they feed on seeds, mostly from the ground. Seeds of grasses and cultivated crops are eaten, making these birds agricultural pests in some areas. Birds may travel large distances in search of favourable feeding grounds. They are greatly disliked by the farmers.