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Proposed Names for Hybrid Macaws by Richard Vagner, Buy' Secll' TRADE 8; Parrot Jungle, Miami, Florida ~E Ros Proposed Names For Hybrid Macaws by Richard Vagner, bUY' SEcll' TRADE 8; Parrot Jungle, Miami, Florida ~E Ros During the recent convention in hybridization can be a valuable tool to ~r\\1E TO us FOR THE lA TEST Hollywood, Florida on August 23rd to obtain new shapes, colors, size and other Or PRICES & BIROS AVA; 26th, 1979 the writer was asked USI lA8lE qualities which are considered desirable. s\-\\P - All TYPES OF 8 numerous questions about the large Who would fault hybrid Begonias , or ~l IROS number of hybrid Macaws at Miami's the many vegetables, fruits or flowers we Parrot Jungle. Attempting to answer take so much for granted? these questions proved difficult due to While the value of Macaw hybrids lies the lack of recognized hybrid names. In in their beauty; who will dispute that the some cases seven different hybrids were value of a hybrid orchid lies in its being referred to indiscriminately as beauty, or who will criticize using either Orange-breasted or Red-breasted several grasses to produce corn or wheat hybrids. Needless to say, little accurate hybrids? Will those persons stop drinking information could be communicated and orange juice because it comes from a trying to describe a Blue and Gold to hybrid? Certainly not! There is a value Scarlet hybrid back-crossed to Scarlet placed on hybrid orange juice. If you and then crossed-back to a Blue and don't believe that to be true try drinking Gold-Scarlet hybrid only succeeded in juice from the presumed wild species. leaving the listener bewildered. Therefore You'll soon go back to the hybrid! the proposed names are being published While hybrid Macaws may never reach 804/542-5961 in an effort to stabilize the nomenclature that point, with the hybrids that exist and recognize these beautiful hybrids. today it is safe to predict an orange or PO. BOX 306 yellow Macaw in a few more generations. CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE, First permit me to digress and address I would feel safe in predicting that when VIRGINIA 23923 the subject of hybrids in general using the potential for pets is realized there will specific examples. The first hybrids we be hybridization with the smaller Macaws are aware of are in the first plants and to produce colorful rivals to the Budgies animals that man domesticated. Such and Cockatiels. Place the emphasis on hybrids are exemplified by the chicken color - there isn't a gene pool available a:.d by corn which today have no COMPLETE LOCAL to the Budgies or Cockatiels as varied as counterpart in the wild.. Hybrids in the Macaws. Today we can see orange, WAREHOUSE STOCKS nature for the most part are unsuccessful yellow and purple, along with the existing Smooth, or, possibly in very rare cases, speciate Clean red, blue and green. We have yet to come Welded and through evolution become a stable up with a lutino or cyanistic Macaw; but Surface species. I'm not aware of any proven case would it not be reasonable to expect one of such in nature, however if one ex­ from the small Macaws? The writer has amines dogs 'and cats it is obvious that owned a cyanistic Amazon and has seen such a stabilization is possible. Were it other Amazons in both cyanistic and not so there would not be the number of lutino phases. The smallest of the recognized breeds we know today. In fact Macaws is only slightly larger than the if all the recognized breeds of dogs were largest Cockatiels the writer has seen. found geographically separated in the The thought of yellow, red, orange or wild they would be recognized as distinct blue in a bird the size of Hahn's Macaw is GALV. AFTER AVIARY NETTING 24" thru 72" x 100 Lin. Ft. Als. species and Canis jamiliaris would not an exciting probability. cover the multitude of different forms it 'I, x 'I, Mesh 22 Ga. The writer's research has failed to GALV. B4 POULTRY NETTING presently encompasses. disclose the first hybrid Macaw but it is 12" thru 72" x 150 Lin. Ft. Als. The writer is well aware of the call for believed to be the cross between the 1" Mesh 20 Ga. - 2" Mesh 20 Ga. GALV. WELDED FABRIC the purity of species in aviculture. The Scarlet and Blue and Gold Macaws (Ara 24" thru 72" wide x 100 Lin. Ft. Als. hybrid is looked on with horror by some ararauna X Ara macao) which has been 1" x '/" x 16 Ga - 1" x 1" x 16 Ga. ­ as degenerating the species involved. called the Catalina Macaw. Since this 1"x1"x14Ga. 2" x 1" x 14 Ga. - 4" x 2" x 14 Ga.­ However in the orchids the hybrids have name has been published and no other 4" x 2" x 12';' Ga. been legion and for over a hundred years name has been advanced with priority, GALV. WELDED & WOVEN they have been registered and you can Catalina is believed to be valid for the HARDWARE CLOTH trace an orchid hybrid back to its original hybrid between A. ararauna and A. 'I, x 'I, Mesh 19 Ga. - 'I, x 'I, Mesh 23 Ga. ­ 'I, x 'I, Mesh 27 Ga. species. In many cases hybrids between macao or the reverse cross. FOR COMPLETE INFORMAnON different genera have been made. The only other hybrid name in the CITY WIRE CLOTH, INC. Hybrids in the orchids commonly involve Macaws that seems to have been validly 3706 Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles. CA90011 three genera and as high as five different published appears to be the hybrid (213) 232-5166 genera have been involved. Thusly, between the Blue and Gold Macaw and 27 ~ ~ (/) ~ 0 .£: ~ () 2 J (') ~ (f) "D ~ Q) 0 l- .£: >, () .0 0 0 (5 (5 "D .£: Q) Cl. I- >, .0 0 (5 .£: Cl. Scarlet Macaw, PaTiot jungle, FI. c ~ CJ) :> >, () C ell Z >, .0 o (5 .£: Cl. Scarlet Macaw, PaTiot jungle, FI. Hyacinth Macaw, Los Angeles Zoo c ~ 0> :> >, () C ell Z >, .0 o o .£: Cl. Blue and Gold Macaw, Los Angeles Zoo 28 the Green-wing Macaw (Ara ararauna x the specific epitat 'Tracey's Macaw' for was given will convey the frustration. Ara chloroptera) or the reverse cross, the hybrid between A. ararauna and The first of these hybrids produced which is called the 'Harlequin' Macaw. Ano. hyacinthinus. The hybrid strongly was the Catalina and Camelot cross. The An aside on nomenclature is perhaps resembles the Hyacinth Macaw and first two young were as differing as night in order here. It does not matter where shows only slight influence from the Blue and day. One was Orange-breasted and the publication is made, if it fulfills the and Gold parent. There are however the other was a Reddish-breasted bird. Rules of Nomenclature it is valid and has definite characteristic of the Blue and Others in this line have been equally priority. If there are other names that are Gold Macaw visible on close inspection. variable and each is beautiful in its own believed to have priority the writer would The hybrid is close to the Hyacinth way. The writer proposes the name 'Lieb­ like to know of them and the citation. Macaw blue in its overall coloration. chen' to designate this hybrid. The name The first hybrid which the writer pro­ The writer knows of no other primary has been chosen to allude to the love child poses a name for is the cross between the hybrids in the Macaws but would like to which these hybrids have been. Mere ver­ Scarlet Macaw and the Military Macaw hear of any together with the citation and bal or written descriptions are totally in­ (Ara macao X Ara militaris) or its reverse pictures if such are available. adequate to convey the colors of these cross. While the first hybrid of this cross The next two hybrids are primary birds. In bright sunlight the colors defy is not known for certain that cross is hybrids back to one of the parents which any writer to accurately record them. know to have been made a Parrot Jungle is a backcross giving a 1/4 ratio. This The final hybrid in the series is going to in Miami in 1959. In the absence of a type of hybrid is frequently used in sound redundant as the birds are equally valid name the writer proposes the name genetics to intensify the influence of the beautiful but a completely different 'Shamrock' to designate the hybrid species used in the backcross. In both hybrid. This hybrid is the second between A. macao and A. militaris. The cases the species parent is the Scarlet backcross to the Scarlet Macaw. The first name has been chosen to allude to the Macaw. hybrid between the Camelot and Scarlet green in the hybrid with 'Shamrock green' Chronologically the first of these Macaws was raised in 1976. In 1978 a connotates. hybrids produced at Parrot Jungle was second baby was raised and in the writer's The hybrid is intermediate between the the Catalina Macaw by the Scarlet opinion is the most beautiful hybrid pro­ parents as would be expected in a Macaw. This hybrid was produced in duced to date. primary hybrid of this sort. There is some 1957 for the first time. Since that date in The writer proposes the name 'Capri' variability but the writer concludes from excess of seven of this backcross have to designate the backcross of the Camelot the ten specimens that it is not significant. been raised. The writer proposes the Macaw to the Scarlet Macaw.
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