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Moving on to some of Australia's many species of parrots and cockatoos. They're among the world's most entertaining and affectionate creatures, none more so than the galah Cacatua roseicapilla
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Galahs mate for life. This pair was photographed grooming each other one early morning in the Adelaide Hills. I thought the series should be accompanied by humorous captions. Point to the small images to see the words. More photographs of galahs and other parrots in the wild can be seen in Outback wildlife
Then there's the Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus (above) one of the most spectacularly colored parrots which has readily colonised many Australian urban areas. It feeds mainly on pollen and nectar
Above left, a Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) on Kangaroo Island and an example of the yellow race of the Crimson (P. e. flaveolus) , photographed in Victoria. Next, an Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius), photographed in the Adelaide Hills; then an Adelaide rosella (Platycercus elegans flaveolus), photographed in an Adelaide garden. It's a naturally-occurring hybrid of the Crimson and Yellow rosellas. There are more photographs of the Crimson rosella in my Kangaroo Island and Victoria chapters. Links can be found at the bottom of this page. Common in my garden are little Purple-crowned lorikeets (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala), and slightly bigger Musk lorikeets (Glossopsitta concinna). Both species are blossom feeders, like the Rainbow lorikeet
Groups of large Sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galarita) frequent the creek reserve nearby, and the Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) has been seen there too. Huge flocks of Little corellas (Cacatua sanguinea) can be seen in the Outback. These were photographed at the Menindee lakes near Broken Hill
A Regent parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) and an Elegant parrot (Neophema elegans), photographed at Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills; a Major Mitchell or pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), a Mulga parrot (Psephotus varius), and a Mallee ringneck (Barnardius barnardi), all seen in the mallee country near Danggali Conservation Park; a Cloncurry ringneck, race macgillivrayi , and Red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) , both photographed at the Melbourne Zoo, and a Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) , seen at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary in Victoria
Australia's biggest cockatoo is the Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). It's also the only one with wholly dark plumage. Its home is the top of Cape York Peninsula, but this one was photographed at the Adelaide Zoo as were the Eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus) from the same part of tropical Australia. The male is the green one, the female red
More Australian birds: Raptors Honeyeaters & others Waterbirds
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