#0951 · 🐦 birds
Galah
🇳🇱 Roze Kaketoe ·Eolophus roseicapilla
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrew Allen · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Graham Winterflood · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © diana_shang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © davidsando · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Ian Cowan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Andrea · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The galah /ɡəˈlɑː/ ( Eolophus roseicapilla ), also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo , galah cockatoo , roseate cockatoo or pink and grey , is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 33,111 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Galah
- Nederlands
- Roze Kaketoe
- scientific name
- Eolophus roseicapilla
- class
- Aves
- order
- Psittaciformes
- family
- Cacatuidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 3
- sightings worldwide
- 33,111
- GBIF records in NL
- 28
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Louis Pierre Vieillot
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cacatuidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 144560, Wikidata Q1253755, GBIF 2479598, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.