Wild galahs do not sleep out in the open, but in nest cavities while nesting or nestled in tree branches at night the rest of the year.

Can you teach Galahs to talk? Yes. Both males and female Galahs can be taught to imitate human speech, though males are usually easier to teach.

Galahs are a pink and grey coloured cockatoo found in most areas of Australia. But Galahs are actually a highly intelligent, social and highly adaptable animal.

The male and female Galahs look almost identical with their pink and grey feathers. To help you tell them apart, check the colour of their eyes. The male Galahs have dark-brown or black eyes while the females have pink or red ones.

10 – 14 yearsIn the wild

Galah Care Seed lacks important vitamins and minerals so their daily diet should be supplemented with small portions of fresh fruit and vegetables such as apple, carrot, beans, peas, corn, broccoli and spinach. Never feed your Galah lettuce or avocado, and always remove the seeds from apples.

20-50% vegetables (recommended vegetables include: capsicum, broccoli, chili, corn, carrot, zucchini, squash, spinach, pumpkin, sweet potato, beans and peas), sprouted seed and native vegetation (most Australian blossoms, gum nuts and plants are okay to feed – ensure these are free of wild bird droppings contact).

You need to build up trust with the bird and it takes lots of time and patience. Start by just getting him used to you, talk to him, give him clean food and water and do not even attempt to touch him.

Re: How many almonds for a Galah? Almonds are one of the most popular treats with my flock, and I buy them shelled, whole, and “raw.” Some parrots enjoy breaking the shells, but many of mine are lazy/spoiled and toss them after 30 seconds of pecking. To be fair, prying the shell is difficult for some species!

‘ Very commonly in Australian English galah is used to refer to a fool or idiot. This figurative sense is recorded from the 1930s, and derives from the perceived stupidity of the bird.

Australia has long been known as the ‘Land of Parrots’ with scores of bright, iridescent birds distributed across the continent. There are 56 species of the parrot found in Australia, which includes cockatoos, lorikeets, rosellas, ringnecks and budgerigars.

The word drongo is used in Australian English as a mild form of insult meaning “idiot” or “stupid fellow”. This usage derives from an Australian racehorse of the same name (apparently after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus) in the 1920s that never won despite many places.