This morning (10am) I saw a cockatoo that looked like a
sulphur-crested/pink cockatoo hybrid feeding on the footpath on Sturt
Ave with about 30 sulphur-crested cockatoos. Head was pure sc cockatoo
- pure white with yellow crest, dark grey beak and eye. Primaries were
mostly white. The rest of the bird, including underwings was blotchy
pink and white. Quite a strong pink but not galah colour. The best way
to describe the colouring is the effect you get when you mix a few drops
of rose pink food colouring into white icing - a range of pinks from
light to quite dark depending on how much you stir the mix.
Very poor photo from my phone attached.
Alison Mackerras
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