Yes I too have seen the female Eclectus smooching happily with a Major
Mitchell Cockatoo in the Great Flight Aviary at Melbourne Zoo. That is
indeed an odd pairing.
Philip
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brian fleming
Sent: Thursday, 3 September 2015 12:24 PM
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Subject: More amazing hybrids. I may have mentioned this
one before
Many years ago the late Mr McEvey (Curator of Birds, Museum Victoria)
told me that many parrot hybrids have originated from aviculturists'
attempts to breed profitable imitations of the extinct Paradise Parrot.
He said, 'Some of the males look convincing, but they always fail with
the hens.'
In the Great Flight Aviary at Melbourne Zoo, I saw a female Eclectus
smooching happily with a Major Mitchell Cockatoo.
Anthea Fleming
On 3/09/2015 11:11 AM, Donald G. Kimball wrote:
> Speaking of hybrids. In the wild it takes a bit more to create a hybrid
> but when two lonely birds are housed in the same aviary one never
knows....
>
> I was shocked with this one.
>
> A blue Princess Parrot female with her mate a male Scarlet-chested parrot.
> And yes they produced a chick that looks like nothing you have ever seen
> before. This is real and has been documented from what I understand.
>
http://talkingbirds.com.au/world-firsts/worldfirst-php/scarlet-chest-parrot-
breeds-with-princess-parrot-2/
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