Jake YNA 1970,Kia Panama amazon1975, both i removed from nest and left siblings, Forever Home to,Stacie (YN hen),Mickie (RLA male),Blinkie (YNA hen),Kong (Panama hen),Rescue Zons;Nitro,Echo,Rocky,Rub
Jake YNA 1970,Kia Panama amazon1975, both i removed from nest and left siblings, Forever Home to,Stacie (YN hen),Mickie (RLA male),Blinkie (YNA hen),Kong (Panama hen),Rescue Zons;Nitro,Echo,Rocky,Rub
Looks like a possible mitred x cherry head hybrid to me... but I would need more photos of the bird... clearer photos... and more detailed... also, age of bird and weight.
Looks like there's too much red for a mitred, and too little for a cherry head....
I have seen mitred x blue front amazon hybrid and have heard of other conure x amazon hybrids.... but definitely not an amazon! LOL Maybe because this bird comes from the same general region that amazons come from? Therefore it's an amazon?
Granted, the green cheek conure makes for one very tiny "grey breasted macaw"....
Could it be a young cherry head? Just reading Mark Bittner's book at the moment and he talks about the young birds starting out green and the red gradually comes in as the bird matures.
Judging from the photo, this bird is larger than a cherry head. There are no red feathers at the bend of the wing. It probably has a dark red line right above the nares. I'll provide some photo comparisons....
Cherry Head - notice the red in the wings!
vs (Northern) Mitred - notice the lack of red!
Cherry head - uniform red coloring
Mitred - darker red right at the nares
And together....
Another interesting difference between the two.... in cherry heads with the full coloring, the red extends past the eye from the nose. In mitreds, the red *should not* extend past the eye on top of the head at all (which you can go back and look at Charlie's head!).
Now, there *ARE* 3 different subspecies of mitred conures, which means that the amount of red can vary between birds... and Charlie so happens to have the least amount of red of all the subspecies! The other two subspecies have a lot more red in the cheek area, with one having full red cheeks - similar to the bird pictured here.
However, I am not quite set on the idea that the mitred conure (first post) is a pure. He might be, but I'm a little skeptical.