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From: daves@hp-kirk.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Sun Conure info wanted - (nf)
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hp-kirk!daves    Aug 22 08:56:00 1983

For those of you out there who are wondering just what a sun conure is I
will give you most of what I know about them.  A sun conure is a member of
the conure family, which is a member of the parrot family.  They are
smallish birds (about the size of your fist, but not as fat).  They have
a very striking appearance.  Right now our bird still has his first set
of feathers.  His wings are mainly green with some yellow on the tips.
His head is orange and yellow, as is his body. There is some blue in the
wing tips and tail.  After the first molt, most of the green will go away
and be replaced by more yellow.  I have been using the term 'he' in a
general context, as both sexes of sun conures look the same (unlike most
birds where the male looks prettier than the female) and the sexes
have to be determined surgically with an optical fiber microscope.  As this
is a rather traumatic experience for the bird, and as we are not planning on
mating it, the gender is not very important.

According to what the breeder told us, sun conures are native to French
Guiana and were once on the endangered species list.  Our bird however is
at least a second generation American.  They live to be 25/35/55 years old
(according to whom you are talking).

Well, that is about all that I know about them.  If any one out there
has any tips/advice/warnings/suggestions/etc on raising one, I would like
to hear (via unix mail).

Dave Serisky  ....[hp-labs|hp-pcd]!hp-cvd!daves