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species

Galah
Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Psittaciformes - parrots »  family Cacatuidae - cockatoos »  genus Eolophus

Scientific synonyms

Cacatua roseicapilla Vieillot, 1817
Eolophus roseicapillus (Vieillot, 1817)

Other names

= Galah Cockatoo

Images

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

Eolophus roseicapilla - Galah

Author: Petr Baum

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Distribution

Australia (including surrounding islands)

Interesting facts

Australian Museum: Galahs can breed with other members of the cockatoo family, including the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita.

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps Schodde, 1989 - Eastern Galah
subspecies Eolophus roseicapilla kuhli (Mathews, 1912) - Northern Galah
subspecies Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) - Western Galah

Links and literature

EN Bird Life 3 [22684758]

Bird Life [http://www.birdlife.org] [as Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2018
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [22684758]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [8d061243-c39f-4b81-92a9-c81f4419e93c]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Eolophus roseicapillus (Vieillot, 1817)]
Data retrieved on: 2 February 2015
EN Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)]
Data retrieved on: 4 December 2021
EN del Hoyo J., Elliott A., Sargatal J., Christie D.A. & de Juana E. (eds.).: Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) Alive [https://www.hbw.com/], Lynx Edicions, Barcelona [as Eolophus roseicapilla Vieillot, 1817]
Data retrieved on: 27 November 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2566:rosakakadu&Itemid=174]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 2 December 2018
CZ Hudec K. et al. (2003): Soustava a české názvosloví ptáků světa, Muzeum Komenského v Přerově. 462 pp. [as Eolophus roseicapillus (Vieillot, 1817)]
CZ EN Čížek V. et al. (2021-23): České názvosloví ptáků světa 05c, NK ČSO [as Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)]
Data retrieved on: 28 March 2024
EN Clements, J. F.: eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world 6.7, Cornell Lab of Ornithology [as Eolophus roseicapilla]
Data retrieved on: 7 April 2013

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