'Tropic Sun' Macaw

[itzjbean]

Someone recently posted a 'Tropic Sun' Macaw for rehoming on a facebook page I follow (Birds for Sale in Iowa), and I was wondering if maybe there was a mistake in the identification of this macaw. It's 6 years old and they got it from a pet store/breeder when it was young.

I'm fairly confident that there is not a hybrid macaw with this name, and the macaw looks mostly Military and Blue and Gold to me, but they were sure it wasn't a Milligold. Possibly it was a Military bred to a Milligold? Thoughts? I wish I could have her but it's just not in the works at the moment as we live in a duplex and both work full time. Darn!

Thanks for the help macaw folks!

 

[Owlet]

I've found that most cases when it comes to hybrids they come with many many many names. "Tropic Sun" might just be what this person thinks the hybrid is.

 

[chris-md]

Except I can't find any reference to tropic sun. Might be a scam. I think miligold might be the best guess here.

 

[wrench13]

If it was a craigslist ad, its most likely a Gottchagold macaw.

 

[itzjbean]

I don't think it's a scam, her facebook page is active and shows pictures of the bird there. She's located near me. Anyways, I think what happened was she got it from a pet store/breeder who didn't really have any idea what they were doing/what hybrids are and sold it to them. Most people who end up rehoming their macaws like this I feel were ill-equipped/informed about them and how much of a commitment they are in the first place. I can't find anything online about Tropic Sun Macaws, so that's why I thought she was maybe misinformed.