Hybrid Parrot

[Ruth Cully <>]

Matthew that's exactly what it looks like. The absence of the Eastern Rosella's colours suggests it's more likely to be a mutation within the Crimson Rosella genotype.

Ruth 

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From: Matthew Larkin <>
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Subject: Fwd: [canberrabirds] Hybrid Parrot

 

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From: Matthew Larkin <>
Date: 5 September 2018 at 10:13:38 pm GMT+1
To: Philip Veerman <>, "m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds-info");">" <m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds-info");">>
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Hybrid Parrot

Is there perhaps a mutation which causes the birds carrying it to not display blue colours, while not affecting red???

Matthew

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On 5 Sep 2018, at 9:18 am, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

Interesting one. Quite different from the usual Crimson x Eastern Rosella hybrid. They usually have pale blue cheeks and the blue parts of wing and tail fairly like a Crimson Rosella with the underparts like an Eastern Rosella and the back a mottled in between. There are several photos of typical ones that have come forward before. Though I agree it is hard to imagine what else this one could be, a hybrid that is even stranger than usual. The tail is all over the place, colour wise. Should preserve that photo in our website as a whatever.

 

Philip

 

From: [m("bigpond.com","lindsay_rhonda");">]
Sent: Wednesday, 5 September, 2018 3:51 PM
To: COG-L
Subject: [canberrabirds] Hybris Parrot

 

Came across this unusually coloured bird at the AIS this morning.  I assume it is a hybrid, probably Crimson x Eastern Rosella.  Any thoughts?

 

Regards

 

Lindsay Hansch

 

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