Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps) 26 September 2019, Royal National Park, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia
![]() The Galah is a shocking pink, locally common Australian endemic that often feeds on the ground. The name Galah (pronounced "guh-LAH") means "fool" in the native Gamilaraay language. This is a female showing a reddish, not dark brown iris. Note well defined white crown characteristic of the eastern race E. r. albiceps meaning "white-capped." The specific name roseicapilla means rosy hair describing the pink-crowned nominate race occurring in Western Australia. Earlier works incorrectly attributed eastern birds to the nominate race with the matter only recently resolved by Schodde et al. (2016). Canon PowerShot SX60 HS. References: Higgins, P.J. (ed.) 1999. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Vol. 4, parrots to dollarbirds. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. Rowley, I. & Boesman, P. (2019). Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/54414 on 29 December 2019). Schodde, R., Black, A. B., and Fornasiero, J. (2016). East or west: to which subspecies does the type specimen of the Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Cacatuidae), belong? Zootaxa 4067, 489–493. Styche, A. 2013. Galah. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz |