Galah

Weight

286 g – 337 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

26.3 years – 72.8 years

Diet

Granivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodland

Egg incubation

25.5 days

Young per litter or clutch

3 – 3.5

Age at maturity

11.9 months – 3 years

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The galah is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPsittaciformes
5. familyCacatuidae
6. genusEolophus
7. SpeciesEolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Cacatua rosea, Cacatua roseicapilla, Eolophous roseicapillus, Eolophus roseicapillus, Kakatoe roseicapilla

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Cockatiel

Nymphicus hollandicus

Cacatuidae

LC, Least Concern

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Cacatuidae

NT, Near Threatened

Palm cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus

Cacatuidae

W

White cockatoo

Cacatua alba

CacatuidaeNo free photo yet

M

Moluccan cockatoo

Cacatua moluccensis

CacatuidaeNo free photo yet

Y

Yellow-crested cockatoo

Cacatua sulphurea

CacatuidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGalah vs CockatielGalah vs Sulphur-crested cockatooGalah vs Palm cockatooGalah vs White cockatoo

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@misc{galah_2026,
  title = {Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/galah},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}