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Rose breasted cockatoo

Eolophus roseicapilla

Description:

Measuring about 35 cm long, silver back, pink face and chest, and a light pink mobile crest, the bare skin of the eye rings is carunculated and grey legs.

Habitat:

Spotted at Rottnest Island WA beach area (Australia), is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.

Notes:

Also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo, galah cockatoo, roseate cockatoo or pink and grey. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Superfamily: Cacatuoidea Family: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Cacatuinae Tribe: Cacatuini Genus: Eolophus Bonaparte, 1854 Species: E. roseicapilla

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Western Australia, Australia

Spotted on Apr 13, 2017
Submitted on Apr 20, 2017

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