Interesting article: black galah!

Betrisher · Jun 9, 2020

I hope the link works! This turned up on our Zoology Society newsfeed today. I thought I'd post it as an item of interest.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06...j8N--TOOauVGd0TGa_X5c40gJrKrsnaqPGVT9HouRGIUM

MonicaMc · Jun 10, 2020

It's soot.... from a burnt tree.... not a mutation. In short, just nesting in a burnt hollow.

Here's one from at least 13 years ago?

Mutant Galah 4

Betrisher · Jun 10, 2020

LOL! Clearly the bird has nested alone, then, since no others are suffering from the same condition.

Scott · Jun 10, 2020

Nice article and pics!!

MonicaMc · Jun 10, 2020

Found another! This one you can clearly see that the feathers don't appear 'normal'. The other pictures you can't really see well enough to tell for sure about the feathers...

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=975374279228308&id=682512321847840

Betrisher · Jun 10, 2020

Well, it seems the university boffins think it's a melanistic bird and it has been followed and studied for some years. The presence of melanin in the skin doesn't necessarily preclude the continued presence of other colour pigments.

Noahs_Birds · Jun 10, 2020

It is melanistic, not from soot
A great mate of mine bred a melanistic galah 2 years ago and looked exactly like that one

LaManuka · Jun 10, 2020

Oooh Noah, how intriguing! Could you possibly post a pic??

Noahs_Birds · Jun 10, 2020

LaManuka said:
Oooh Noah, how intriguing! Could you possibly post a pic??

I would post a photo.......but he's one of those 'Really private' breeders that are strictly no photos sorry (and I can't blame him for that, he has a lot of rarer species and has had attempted robberies a couple times)
I went to his place for an aviary tour, and looked into one aviary and here it was in all its glory (he didn't want to acknowledge it was there, so I had to pry it out of him to tell me a bit about it).

He also had a number of Blue and Lutino mutation Galahs as well

LaManuka · Jun 10, 2020

You know I thought you'd say something like that Noah. But you can't blame a girl for trying!

Noahs_Birds · Jun 10, 2020

LaManuka said:
You know I thought you'd say something like that Noah. But you can't blame a girl for trying!

Yeah, its a shame when those really private breeders usually have such tight restrictions on who visits them and what they make public.....but ah well if he displays it in one of the magazines I know who to send the pic to!

Amsterdam · Jun 11, 2020

This is stunning!

MonicaMc · Jun 11, 2020

I, too, would love to see a melanistic bird from a breeder! Would be great to compare *that* bird to one of the wild ones!

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