Galah
Scientific name: Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)
Overview
The galah, less commonly known as the pink and grey cockatoo, galah cockatoo, or rose-breasted cockatoo, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus Eolophus. The galah is adapted to a wide variety of modified and unmodified habitats and is one of Australia's most abundant and widespread bird species. The species is endemic to mainland Australia. It was introduced to Tasmania, where it is now widespread, in the mid-20th century and much more recently to New Zealand.
From the Wikipedia article “Galah”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Australia.
Common names
Names in other languages (12)
- Arabic
- غالة
- Bengali
- গালাহ
- Chinese
- 粉红凤头鹦鹉
- French
- Cacatoès rosalbin
- German
- Rosakakadu
- Indonesian
- Kakatua Galah
- Japanese
- モモイロインコ
- Persian
- طوطیکاکلی سینهصورتی
- Portuguese
- cacatua-galah, catatua-galah, catatua-rosada, Galah
- Russian
- розовый какаду
- Spanish
- Cacatúa galah
- Turkish
- Galah
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q1253755, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Galah”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026