Galah
Eolophus roseicapilla
About This Species
One of the most familiar birds across Australian farmland, parks and open woodland, easily told by its rose-pink underparts and pale grey back; look for noisy flocks feeding on seeds and grain on open ground or wheeling together in tight, fast formations at dusk. It's active by day year-round and especially conspicuous around roost trees at sunset, when flocks gather with a lot of screeching contact calls.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- As an abundant, adaptable species it tolerates people well at a normal respectful distance of several metres, and there's no special protection concern beyond general native-bird protection laws in Australian states that prohibit harming or taking birds.
- Avoid approaching nest hollows in dead trees during the breeding season, since this species competes for a limited supply of nesting cavities that other wildlife also depend on.
LCAvesPsittaciformesPsittacidae
Seasonal Activity
1,307,178 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
Photo
(c) Graham Winterflood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Graham Winterflood
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Occurrence data from GBIF.