Coming from a hybrid Mobrella backcrossed to a Moluccan cockatoo, this bird is one of the very few second-generation cockatoo hybrids. It looks similar to a pure Mobrella, though with an even larger size and stronger salmon-colored crest. Such a bird helps to support the fact that white cockatoo crosses (AKA between those in the
A large hybrid with whitish plumage and yellow crest feathers washed with a slight pink. This hybrid’s name, “Moltri cockatoo”, is only applied to hybrids whose sulphur-crested parent was a triton subspecies. All other hybrids are simply known as Moluccan x sulphur-crested cockatoos. These birds are somewhat rare despite how common both species are.
First bred at the Berlin Zoo in 1978, mobrella cockatoos have since become one of the most common cockatoo hybrids in the world. These crosses look similar to pure Moluccan cockatoos, though with whiter feathers and more noticeable bare skin connecting the beak to the face. Its crest has large, layered pink feathers with a
Galah x Moluccan cockatoos, although rare, seem to have galah-like plumage with an overall salmon-colored hue; The pictured bird has a tangerine head, a dark bill, peach-colored nape, and silvery grey tail and wing feathers. While its crest is closed, it appears to have a lighter front and base with a tangerine-colored interior. They are
A hybrid that looks similar to a mobrella cockatoo (Moluccan x umbrella), though with a more Moluccan-like crest and slightly blue-grey eyes. While the color of its crest almost looks like a citron-crested cockatoo’s, the combination of the Moluccan’s pink and the blue-eye’s light yellow naturally produces this color. These hybrids are particularly popular in
