Down here at Jervis Bay (NSW south
coast) we are regularly seeing an aberrant plumaged Galah. Rather than a pink
breast, the upper breast is faint pink and the lower breast is white. Coupled
with this, the bird has white shoulders rather than the normal grey.
HANZAB reports two mutations occasionally reported in the
wild: 1. grey of dorsal plumage replaced by white but pink areas normal and 2. pink areas replaced by white but dorsal normal. It would
appear that this bird has a mixture of the two mutations.
For the Cacatuidae specialists I have photos.
Cheers
Alastair
