![]() ![]() Within this cage was a Galah holding tight to a small, narrow perch. We were gawking at many Australian parrots including a red-tailed black cockatoo on the wall when a young teenage boy entered the shop swinging a very tiny cage in his hand. ![]() A memorable experience occurred to several of us (American aviculturists) on a visit to a pet shop in Sydney, Australia several years ago. There are literally thousands of these birds in the wilds of Australia. ![]() The rose-breasted cockatoo in the US is a highly prized bird where in Australia it is almost considered a trash bird and is often killed because of habits of raiding crop fields. There is, however, a great difference in the respect and value of this cockatoo to any local Australian in comparison to a US citizen than enjoys this bird. This is slowly changing as many more people are now referring to them as Galah. In the US the cockatoo known as the Galah 'down under' is better known as the rose-breasted cockatoo. At each turn the complete flock is in unison and where one second you see the pink of their chests they turn quickly to where one only observes the gray of their backs. #Rose cockatoo fullOften the Galah is observed in very large flocks and when the birds are in full flight, it is a spectacular sight to observe them wheel and turn together. It is very tolerant of humans and if disturbed, the flock will suddenly take flight only to land again very shortly. The Galah can be observed in many of the local city parks where it forages in the grass looking for small seeds. Its great color (pink and grey), its wide distribution and its vocalization are familiar to any of the locals and impressive to any visitor. This parrot is known in Australia as the Galah. This is especially true after many thousands of foreign visitors that attended the 2000 Olympic Games that were held in and around Sydney, Australia. There is one bird in Australia that cannot be ignored by any person visiting this great land of many parrots. ![]()
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