green cheeked

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unusual Markings"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7016800ffff00.png" HEIGHT="24" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unusual Markings</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Green Cheeked Conure</div> <div> There have been 3 out of the 6 sub-species available in the UK,<I> P.molinae molinae, P.molinae restricta, & P.molinae australis </I>in good numbers in the past. </div> <bR> <div> The status at the moment is they have all become rare to find in there pure form, and molinae restricta seems to of died out completely now in the UK.</div> <bR> <div> <I>P</I> <I>m.australis </I>& <I>m.molinae </I>are kept by only a few breeders in there pure form<I>. </I>I do know of a few pairs still being kept and bred here. At present I'm keeping/breeding <I>P.molinae australis</I> , & <I>P.molinae molinae.</I></div> <bR> <div> Mutations have played the biggest part of the pure blood lines dissapearing. Also crossbreeding has taken place with the other Pyrrhura species & sub-species.</div> <bR> <div> Back in the day<I>...M.molinae</I> use to be the commonest, then <I>m.australis</I> was imported in large numbers so <I>m.molinae</I> seem to have faded out. </div> <bR> <div> <I>P.molinae sordida </I> I have found this sub-species to be available on the continent (Holland & Belgium). It appears the 1st blue mutations have been bred from <I>sordida. </I>I'm led to believe pure sordida can still be found, but it is very rare to come across them<I>.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>P.molinae phoenicura</I> as far as I am aware has not been available to aviculture.</div> <bR> <div> <I>P.molinae flavoptera </I>as far as I am aware has not been available to aviculture.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Below are photo's of birds I keep or used to keep....</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>P.molinae molinae</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="310c1e20.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="482" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="53f58e30.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="483" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I><I><IMG SRC="550cae30.jpg" border=0 width="458" height="483" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>P.molinae molinae</I> has a bigger beak (stockier) and  grey-black colour, this is easily seen when you have the different sub-species together. The maroon patch on the lower belly is not as abundant in most I have seen compared to<I> m.australis</I>. The cheek patches are plain green, sometimeswith slight trace of blue on very edge/below the cheek patches on some birds. They are one of the biggest compare to the rest of the sub-species, the molinae sordida is the nearest in size to them. A small trace of blue on hind-neck & a varible amount of a blue wash can sometimes be seen on the vent, and the green areas tend to be a shade lighter in natural day-light.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5d7c1800.jpg" border=0 width="705" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>P.molinae australis</U></B></div> <div> <I> </I><IMG SRC="16827240.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="292" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>(above:  3 related molinae australis bred from wild imported parents)</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> P.molinae australis </I>is properly one of the most colourful of the Green-cheeks, all the colours look rich in colour, the maroon on the under belly is a solid patch, there is sometimes a light blue wash on the vent, on most birds it is completely absent, they do have a slight blue collar on hind neck. Cheek patches are totally green (never any blue) and smaller than the <I>molinae molina</I>e. These look a inch smaller in length against the <I>molinae molinae</I>. The beak is alot smaller and more black in colour.</div> <div>    </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="54d05f40.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4c554f20.jpg" border=0 width="340" height="498" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <I><IMG SRC="159c7f10.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="497" ALT="P.molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>     (above: 1999 bred adult cock)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5cf2c7f0.jpg" border=0 width="812" height="383" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="60f2e0d0.jpg" border=0 width="814" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="5d3e8b60.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="438" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="5d547b50.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>P.molinae restricta</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4bd99740.jpg" border=0 width="409" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="53e84740.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div>    </div> <div> <I>(ABOVE, molinae restricta adult in full blue colour)</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="54bb11b0.jpg" border=0 width="433" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="5479ed70.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="471" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      </I><IMG SRC="546f2d70.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="471" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>(ABOVE, molinae restricta adult in full blue colour)</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> P.molinae restricta </I>cannot really be confused with the other sub-species as it's the only one with a blue wash of feathers on the back of its wings, it also has plenty of blue on the under belly, vent & cheek patches. The maroon patch is not very prominent; sometimes just a wash of maroon can be seen. Beak is more black in colour and same size as <I>molinae australis. </I>The<I> restricta </I>looks more slimline but overall same size as <I>australis.</I></div> <div>  </div> <div> Note: I have not seen the restricta sub-species available since year 2000 in the UK. My last remaining restricta I bred in the photo's above has now died of natural causes. If anyone has any of these type please get in touch as I would like to establish them here in my flights and UK.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pyrrhuras UK"><U>Home</U></A> or <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Species Index"><U>Back to Species Index</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>