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From: steveg@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Steven_Grant)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Conure(s)
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Date: 14 Mar 90 19:56:38 GMT
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/ hpcvnb:rec.birds / mary@dinorah.wustl.edu (Mary E. Leibach) /  9:34 am  Mar 13, 1990 /
>steveg@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Steven_Grant) writes:
>>I have a 
>>Green-Cheek Conure which is probably the closest cousin to a Maroon-Belly.
>>In fact he (or she :-)) looks so much like a Maroon-Belly that my Vet thought
>>he was one when he first saw him.  The only difference is the Green Cheek 
>>patch that my bird has.  Size and all other colorings are the same.
>
>Then you do not have a pure-blooded Green Cheek, you have a Green
>Cheek/Maroon-Belly hybrid, like my Vila.  A pure-blooded Green Cheek
>does NOT have the red patch on the belly, or the red over the cere,
>and has a slightly different color tail.  I have a picture of a
>pure-blooded Green Cheek in front of me right now (from Bird Talk
>magazine).  You cannot confuse the two species. 

I have just started getting Bird Talk.  I would like to see that issue.
What year & month is it in?  The pictures I have seen were in a large
bird book that the pet shop has (I'll try to get the name later).  In this
book the Green Cheek did have some red coloring on it's chest (of one of
two birds they pictured).  It was not as predominent (sp?) as what a 
Maroon-Belly but it was there.  Who knows... maybe they got their birds
mixed up, or had a picture of a hybrid?  Maybe they are not identical,
but they do look a lot the same.                      

> In my humble opinion, 
>though, the hybrid is a much prettier bird than either parent species.

Well of course!  Ask any parent... they all have the cutest kids :-).
I agree with you completely!

>Vila agrees with this, and will scream "Pretty" at the top of his
>lungs at anyone who dares to disagree (his opinions are not very
>humble and are usually loudly expressed). 

Yes, I don't dare argue this one with my bird either.  As far as he is
concerned, A FACT IS A FACT. 

---------- Steve