What kind of conure is this?

[KAYREX]

Found him on kijiji and he's absolutely stunning. Just curious if it's a sign of inbreeding or if he would be healthy, ect...

 

[JerseyWendy]

Found him on kijiji and he's absolutely stunning. Just curious if it's a sign of inbreeding or if he would be healthy, ect...

Did you really mean 'inbreeding' or perhaps 'cross breeding'???

 

[Birdman666]

That looks like a green cheek that got into the left over Hippie Tie-Dye...

It's got to be a hybrid of some sort. Primarily green cheek in personality I would think...

 

[RavensGryf]

The neck up looks like a Crimson Bellied? White Eared? Both Pyrhurra conures are GCC relatives, but the "tie die" is strange.

 

[KAYREX]

Yeah, sorry that's what I meant lol

I thought it was also very strange...

 

[veimar]

It would be probably helpful to see the whole bird - the color of the tail, etc… I've never seen a conure like that - looks like some hybrid indeed (green cheek with something else?) I wonder what the experts say...

 

[Christinenc2000]

Looks like photo shop to me. To much blur in just a few sections

 

[SilverSage]

It would be good to see this bird from all sides, including a shot of the tail as the tail color is important. My first thought is that it is a crimson bellied conure hybrid, either with a green cheek, maroon bellied, or black capped conure. What color is the tail? Is this your bird?

 

[Christinenc2000]

WOW I am so ignorant on this subject. Serious . I though great photo shop job. Then read the comments. Thought hmmm So I did a image search. OMG what amazing creatures. So pretty amazing colors in some of these breeds .
So many cross breeds. Not sure if that is good or bad like I said I am learning . Read way to much Caught myself driving home yesterday looking at the trees for any sign of a stray parrot that might have gotten lost. LOL

 

[SilverSage]

It can be really overwhelming! Parrots actually come in species, not breeds, although some birds like canaries and pigeons come in breeds. I suspect that soon the macaw hybrids will start to be known as breeds.

As of right now hybrids are a very controversial topic, so you have to be careful. Come people breed them deliberately, especially with macaws, and some do it by accident. The sad thing about many accidental hybrids, especially ones such as this, is that they are not different enough for people to really be sure what they are getting. It is very likely that whoever produced this bird doesn't even know he had two different kinds of conures. This leads to muddy bloodlines and hidden hybrids, which is not good even if you support deliberate hybridization. It is important to note that in the USA it is illegal to import most kinds of parrots, meaning that the gene pool we have is all that we have, so muddying the bloodlines should never be condoned.