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Unusual Galah

To: "belles" <>, "Claire S" <>, "birding-aus" <>
Subject: Unusual Galah
From: Barry McLean <>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 03 17:02:47 +1100
>It may have been a Major Mitchell???
>
>Marian


>The Galah you described sounds like what is known as a 'Lutino' mutation.
>This is the loss of the darker melanine pigmentation of the plumage, feet,
>bill and eye. In some species birds may appear white or tinged with yellow.



Thanks Marion and Claire.

They are very different and this was definitely a Galah.

 As we were approaching the group I thought that the white bird would be a 
Little Corella as I have quite often seen one with agroup of Galahs.  Several 
times (maybe 3 or 4) I have noticed that the singleton Corella has had the same 
call as the Galahs and I have assumed that it had been hatched/raised by a 
Galah.

I was very surprised when it was white and pink and for a moment I thought that 
it may have been a Major Mitchell but it had no crest and was Galah shaped.  We 
had not bothered to slow down and had to do a U-turn to go and examine it.

I did not notice the beak but its feet and eye appeared to be the same as the 
normal Galahs it was with.

Barry



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