Galah

The Galah is one of the most widespread cockatoos, found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.

They have a pale silver to mid-grey back, a pale grey rump, a pink face and chest, and a light pink mobile crest.

Males and females appear similar; however, generally adult birds differ in the colour of the irises; the male has very dark brown, almost black irises and the female has mid-brown or red irises. (Notice the red iris on the second photo of a female Galah, compared to the first photo of a male.)

The Galah nests in tree cavities. Both males and females share incubation duties. Galahs also often hybridize with cockatoos and cockatiels, meaning there is regular inter-species breeding, with other birds such as the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo and Corellas. Galahs form permanent pair bonds, although a bird will take a new partner if the other one dies.

Galah’s can reach up to 80 years of age in captivity! In the wild, they can live up to 20 years of age.