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Old 08-01-2008, 05:12 PM
Muchi Muchi is offline
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Red face Galah facts!

Rose-breasted cockatoo - aka, the galah.



Galahs are found all throughout Australia. They benefitted greatly from settlement here, and the abundance of stock watering points caused the galahs' numbers to flourish. Flocks of these playful birds are a common sight in most cities in Australia, most notably Perth (where I live!) and Melbourne.


The area highlighted by red shows the range of galahs, where they are all-year residents.

Even if Luen is my only fid, he has plenty of cousins to chat to :}

BONUS FACT: Galahs vary in colour depending where they come from. Eastern variant galahs are a much brighter raspberry hue, whereas the ones here in the west are a pale dusty rose colour.



Shown above is a brilliant 'raspberry' coloured eastern variant. Whereas below is the paler western cousin.

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