[Cowgirl Chris]

I have read on several threads, people wondering about eclectuses. So just for people who have never really seen the difference between a male and a female eclectus, I have attached pictures of my female solomon island eclectus crybaby and a male eclectus gizmo (belongs to a friend of mine). There are four different subspecies of the electus which are Solomon Island, Grand, Red Sided and Vosmaeri. Though all male electus are the green and the females are the more colorful reds, blues and purples, it is very hard to tell the difference between the male subspecies then it is the female subspecies if you are a beginner to the eclectus (and sometimes even the most knowledgable person on eclectuses can be wrong on identifing them). Don't get me wrong, it is also hard to tell the female subspecies apart as well, but it is not as hard as to identify the male subspecies. For this reason, there are alot of hybrids being born every day in same aviaries. This is because people either don't care that they are breeding two different subspecies together or they wrongly identified the male and the female. I have been studing the eclectus parrot for two years now (ever since I got my crybaby) and I find these birds to be one of the most amazing parrots out there. If any of you members would like me to continue this thread on the eclecuts parrot, then please let me know and I will gladly share all of the knowledge that I have with you.