Jubilee Macaw

Family: Psittacidae
Scientific Name: hybrid
Cross between: Harlequin Macaw (Ara ararauna and Ara chloroptera) and
Green-winged Macaw (Ara chloroptera)

Description:
The breeders of these younsters call them "Jubilee Macaws", as they could find no other know common names assigned to this hybrid up to this time.

Care and feeding:

A roomy cage is required unless the bird is to be let out for extended periods. Many birds can spend most of their time on a play pen or parrot perch. They eat a variety of seeds, nuts, fruits, commercial pellets, as well as the same nutritional foods humans eat.

Distribution:
This is a hybrid not found in the wilds.

Size - Weight:
A full sized macaw, they can get over 2 lbs. Lengths up to 86 cm (34 inches).

Social Behaviors:
The Jubilee typically takes on the natural docile side of the Green-winged with some of the natural clownish personality of the Harlequin Macaw (the word harlequin is defined as 'clown').

Breeding/Reproduction:
This is a hybrid and it use to be that they were generally not bred, however the breeding of hybrids is becoming more common.