Pied blue gold macaw?

[arun]

Hi friends,i am Arun from India,
i recently got a Blue an Gold macaw,
which has white tails,
feet flesh colored,
an few white markings on the wings,
pls help me in identifyin if the bird is a pied............


Regards,
Arun.....

[Monica]

Looks pied to me, although I don't think I've seen so many pied feathers on a B&G before!!!! Thought you might be talking about the opaline mutation!

Any possible way to track down the breeder? You *might* be able to find out if the parents carried the gene for pied as well, find out if she's always had these feathers thus making her a pied, or if she's just a "fluke" and not an actual mutation. If she really is a pied, then mated with another pied she would produce pied offspring. This is, of course, assuming that the pied gene is recessive and not dominant.


It looks like she could use a larger cage with bigger perches, perhaps a better diet (I don't know what is available in India) and perhaps some toys! Good luck! She(?) is gorgeous!

[arun]

Thanks 4 the reply.......

[arun]

Thanks a lot for the info an advice,the pics were taken at the shopkeepers place,he was havin the bird 4 abt 6 months an feeding improper diet,he also told me tat the bird had such markings right 4m the tyme he has been havin the bird,
now the bird is in a spacious an bigger aviary,couldn know the whereabouts of the parents of the bird,Here in India we dont get pellets for parrots,we feed them lotta fruits(apple,guava,orange,promogranate),veggies(cu cumbur,tomato,boiled potato),seed mix(sunflower,safflor,millets),sprouts,various nuts etc.....
How do u say the birds is a SHE?
I havent got the bird sexed........are u sure the bird is a hen?

[Monica]

No, I am not sure of the birds sex! For all I know, he/she could be a male! I didn't want to say "it" but "she" sounded right. Could be wrong!

Feathers can be discolored due to stress, improper diet, follicle damage, or even illness. I can't tell you if it's any of those, or if she is indeed a mutation, or perhaps just oddly colored feathers.


Would love to see some new pictures! We don't normally get too many people outside of the USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico and the United Kingdom here!

[arun]

Thanks again,i wil take few more pics of her(i too don wanna call it) an wil post.......

[OhMyCephalopods]

Possibly.

Whatever she is she is beautiful :D

[expressmailtome]

Either way it is beautiful!

Matt

[ROYJOY]

Monica, there is a site calling those opalines (that you showed us) calling them pied. i must agree those are opalines. i think this baby in India is a pied if his flesh is also involved.

http//pets.webshots.com/album/570120599pjvGxa?start=60 oops that didnt work.

[redwing13]

Beautiful bird! :o)