Sun conure and Greencheek question

[Pinkbirdy]

Mine are buddies . I would never try to breed them . But ive seen other people that have them as buddies too. I know theirs  hybrid conures . Does anyone know if these guys ever breed ? What are they?

[steptoe91(tozie)]

i've heard of jenday/sun hybrid, a sunday. but that's the only one's i know off the top of my head. unless i'm much mistaken these two are pretty significantly different in size, arent they? i'd imagine that could be a problem if the hen is the GCC. its a shame b'fids doesnt come round, she has conures who breed. 

[Pinkbirdy]

Actually Gingee is a Sunday. Your right about the size difference [they must not breed]

[roxynoodle]

Usually Pyrrhura x Aratinga hybrids die within a short time of hatching, but I've seen one that survived.  However, they certainly can hybridize within their own type, such as a GCC with a Maroon Belly, or a Sun with a Nanday.  And many larger conures can hybridize with macaws.

[Nakia]

I've seen pictures on sites I've been on of cross species hybrids and like Audrey pointed out there are some strange combinations out there, but it is not common for the different species crossing to live for very long. It does happen, but not like when species specific hybrids are produced.

Many of the cross species photos I have seen are quite strange looking. The prettiest hybrids in my personal opinion happens within a species own group rather than when species cross over. I do think Sunday Conures are very pretty and most of the macaws that are crossed with other macaws are quite gorgeous. 

[grey782163]

Inter-generic hybrids are very rare, and even rarer are those that survive. In the majority of cases where they survive, the parent genera are closely related such as Ara and Aratinga. The closer the relationship, the better odds of survival of the hybrid offspring. That said, deliberate hybridization is polluting the gene pools of many captive species, particularly the Great Macaws.