Question??

08-29-2007, 05:57 PM

Ok, this has been eating away at me for sometime...

I was watching a show on TV and they had a parrot on there that had a fairly all green body except for its cheeks where bright orange. I didn't see how far the orange extended down. Does anybody know what kind of bird this is???? I have been looking everywhere and I can;t find it anywhere.
It had a sort of conure shaped body, and it was pretty long but I can't say how long because its hard to tell from TV. PLEASE HELP WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED!!

THANK YOU!!

08-29-2007, 06:23 PM

Maybe it was an Orange-winged Amazon?

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The Orange-winged Amazon is green from head to tail, with the under parts a bit lighter green, the feathers on the back of the neck and upper back being edged with a dusky black, and there are hints of blues in the throat and on the crown. The tail is green tipped with a light yellowish-green, has some oranges on the underside, and some green barring on the top. They have a distinct yellow-orange on the crown, on the bend and speculum of the wings, and on the front of the cheeks. The beak is a horn colour becoming grey at the tip, the eye is orange, and the legs are a pale grey.

08-29-2007, 08:42 PM

I thought it might be at first..but it had more intensified orange on the cheeks and only a uniform solid green through out the body. with a black beak and grey feet.

08-29-2007, 08:48 PM

Red Front Macaw

08-29-2007, 08:55 PM

It has to be an Orange Cheek Blackbeak Bird

08-29-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by leighrivera

Red Front Macaw

well, close but its wings didn't have any color except green, and here's a pic with a close match to the color on its cheeks (it was also below its eyes with more covering than a tiel's)

It was almost like this himming birds throat just not as shinny.

08-29-2007, 09:12 PM

uhhh maybe it was a hybrid of some sort?? this is really bugging me, i even got a bird/parrot encyclopedia from the library and its not in there..but then again it doesn't have pics of all the birds..

08-29-2007, 09:37 PM

try looking at parrot-and-conure-world I didnt put the full link or url. as I figured you would know how to do that they have a lot of pictures of different birds

08-30-2007, 05:46 AM

sounds like a st tomas, there are many subspecies bu this pic is close to the ones you see in the pet trade, the orange varies between species.

08-30-2007, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kimba

sounds like a st tomas, there are many subspecies bu this pic is close to the ones you see in the pet trade, the orange varies between species.

OH! thats it!

thank you! It was on the show 'Planets funniest Aminals'