I was just curious if it were possible to breed a TAG and a CAG? Have people done this? What does the offspring turn out like?

Weird question I know. . . but I was curious!

Kris

I think you can. My breeder said that Scarlett had some CAG in her.

From my studies, it has been done.
I have noticed over the years, blue jays stay with blue jays, cardinals with cardinals and the robin stays with the robins.etc
I understand this as "this is the way it was meant to be".
When cross breeding strange things happen genetically.
I could be wrong.

Aren't they essentially the same breed/species just exported from different areas of Africa? If so I can imagine that they could be... I don't know though, I hope someone can shed some light here.

I agree with you Arty but CAG's and TAG's are quite similar to one another, yes I know they ARE different but very similar compared to a cardinal and a bluejay, I guess I you still wouldn't want to take the risk.

I wonder if somewhere in Bella's own lineage in Africa she has some CAG in her. She's a BIIIIIIIG TAG and her feathering too fits the bill.

While Physically it could be done, it would be considered a hybrid, and not something most breeders would do.
Both Tags and Cags can vary alot with weight and size. Its all genetics.
i had a large Cag at 600+ something and Miss Emma, also a Cag, is a mere 354. My timneh weighed More then Princess Em.

Though I wonder if in the wild their rangers would interlap and there would be some hybrids like there is with the macaws.

Well, I do believe that in the wild, they would seek out their own species and sub species to mate with. Parrots wont naturally seek another subspecies to mate with.
Its usually because of us humans taking them from their habitat and they adapt the best the can. In that case, a macaw is a macaw, and so on....that where hybrids come in.

IF a parrot was different in the wild it would be pushed out of the flock. Like Miss Emma. She and the others pushed out would have little or no chance of survival.

I know it was kind of a weird question. . . but i was curious! lol Thanks to everyone who answered!