I haven't heard mimicry from galahs, but there is a park near Healesville in
Victoria where there are King Parrots and Crimson Rosellas living constantly in
close proximity (mainly because of people feeding them!) and I have heard them
both do each others call. Well enough that I couldn,t tell the difference.
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> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:24:39 +0100
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bilingual galah
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> Cycling along the Swan River foreshore in Perth I came across a Galah in
> amongst a group of Little Corella's who was doing a near-perfect Corella
> call. I caught it out because its pitch was a little bit too high and after
> listening for a while it occasionally made a mistake: "mwehehehe - shrrip"
> adding a little galah-chirp at the end.
>
> I stared at this bird for quite a while and despite several reports of
> galah-corella hybrids I am still convinced this bird is a fullblood galah,
> albeit one with an opportunistic streak - If you can't find the birds you
> love, love the birds you find.
>
> I saw it again this morning, feeding in among a group of Little Corella's
> close to where I noticed it the first time. It seems to be part of the group.
>
> On a trip along the coast a last year I was fascinated by the calls of Little
> Penguins coming out of the top of a gum tree and again discovered a group of
> galahs showing off their mimicking skills. Again, the immitation was not
> perfect but came very close.
>
> I am interested to hear if anyone else has experience with mimicking galahs.
>
> Maree - Perth, WA
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