The Long-billed Corella is similar to its cousin, but tends to be bigger. It has a long, hooked beak and two slightly different types live in eastern and western Australia. The Major Mitchell Cockatoo is also known as Leadbeater's Cockatoo, or the Pink Cockatoo. It has a creamy white back, and glorious salmon pink colour on the breast and under the wings and tail. The crest is fan-shaped, striped in scarlet, white and yellow.
Majors live in the dry interior of Australia, and also in the west.
Our Pippin is opinionated, very beautiful and strongly imprinted on my husband. It has a bright pink breast and dove-grey upper parts. A pretty little bird, it lives in most states and congregates in huge flocks. The galah has a Sydney Opera House crest. There are a couple of galahs in my novel, Mix and Match.