2 Galah at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Eolophus roseicapilla | 18 Oct 2025 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Eolophus roseicapilla | 13 Oct 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Eolophus roseicapilla | 13 Oct 2025 | LisaH |
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I'd noticed the galahs were still nesting a couple of weeks ago. As I walked past a couple of days ago, I saw a small head just inside the lip of the hollow, and I thought is was a young galah. However, the head grew larger, and a female galah emerged. She looked around for a while, then (while I glanced at the dog), she flew off and was replaced by the male. He emerged holding fresh eucalypt leaves. My heart sank - did that mean the sugar gliders were back, and had predated the young? The male moved the leaves out of the hollow, holding them, then back in, then out again, and, with some satisfaction (it seemed to me),dropped them (first photos). I thought they might be starting over, until, to my astonishment, I heard the long and loud sounds of chick(s) being fed inside the hollow. So I'm lost - how did the leaves get in the hollow? If sugar gliders, how is it that the chicks are still alive? How do this pair of galahs beat off sugar gliders?
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Location information
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Eolophus roseicapilla Parrots Birds
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Eolophus roseicapilla Scientific name
- Galah Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1010.1m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Eolophus roseicapillus
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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