I don't think anyone did it deliberately. Its existence proves that the Cockatiel is a Cockatoo rather than an aberrant rosella or other parrakeet. Interesting that two birds so different in size could copulate successfully. I suggest that the Cockatiel was the male parent; can anyone confirm this?
wow, I ddn't realise the two taxa were so closely related, they are quite different in size, and I never made the crest connection. Very interesting. Was this bred in private or at a zoo?
I think it was bred in a back garden aviary, but stand to be corrected. The 'giveaway' about the Cockatiel being a cockatoo is its nesting habits; the sexes share incubation, like the cockatoos and unlike most of the other parrots. Incidentally, if you look at the barred tail and wing markings of a Cockatiel, they are reminiscent of the same markings on some of the Black Cockatoos.
there's a youtube video of this bird here: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Va82B64ow]YouTube - galah cockatiel cross[/ame]
it actually resembles a cockatiel greatly when seen moving around, although it appears to be bigger (but quite a lot smaller than a galah)
there's a youtube video of this bird here: YouTube - galah cockatiel cross
it actually resembles a cockatiel greatly when seen moving around, although it appears to be bigger (but quite a lot smaller than a galah)
Fascinating. I'm surprised the Galah was the father, in that he must have been very careful not to break the comparatively smaller eggs of the Cockatiel. Interesting about the DNA results with Black Cockatoos.
Thanks for the information and to the original poster of the picture. I did a molecular phylogeny of the cockatoos for my masters thesis and had no idea that "galahkatiels" were possible.
