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Shamrock Macaw

Family: Psittacidae

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"Otono" (Tonya) Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough

     Otono is a top quality pet bird, very handleable. She likes to go for walks. She likes to swing upside down while your are holding her by her feet. She is very curious and enjoys reading books with you (as long as you don't mind chewed books!). ...and Otono feels everything with her tongue and gives kisses!

   Otono came to our store as an orphan looking for a good home since her owners couldn't keep her. When we got her we were told she was a "Shamrock Macaw" and that the parents were a Scarlet and a Greenwing macaw. Well, she is definitely a Shamrock but the parents are actually a Scarlet Macw and a Military Macaw.

  Hybrid breeding combinations are given on the Hybrid Macaws page.  

For information about the care of Macaws see:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Macaw

Description:
   Shamrock Macaws are a very colorful hybrid Macaw. A Shamrock macaw is a cross between a Military and a Scarlet macaw. Otono is a full size Macaw and has learned to speak several phrases including: hello, hello love, goodbye, pretty bird, and "how are ya".

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, and commercial pellets, as well as the same nutritional foods humans eat.

Distribution: These birds are not found in the wild.

Size - Weight:
   A full sized macaw, they can get over 2 lbs. Otono weighs 1.75 lbs.

Social Behaviors:
   They don't exist in the wild. In captivity they socialize and bond closely with one person but do well in a family situation also.

Breeding/Reproduction:
   Because it is a hybrid it is generally not bred.

Availability:
  This bird is generally rarely available. There are more and more breeders however and they are becoming more common.

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Stop making hybrids now, original species are much more pretty. Several macaws species are endangered, others are contaminating by irresponsibility of breeders. Marius 2008-01-20
I know my macaws and when i got Cisco i was told he was a Catalina. I did some research and then thought he was a Camelot. Now maybe i see he is a Shamrock. Those two look very much the same. Mike 2007-07-18
I have a Blue and Gold Macaw named Sun Belly, a Capri Macaw named Kuno, and a Shamrock Macaw named Trouble. Trouble really lives up to his name, as he is an amazingly outgoing and curious bird and when he wants something, he'll go very far lengths to get it. His favorite food would have to be corn-on-the-cob, followed close behind by chicken, apples, and veggie pizza. I got Trouble from a well known, certified breeder. He is a great bird and a great pal. I forgot 2006-03-26
I moved in with my cousin and she had a shamrock named buhbuh. i had a pair of senegals, a pair of sun conures, a sulfur crested cockatoo, and buhbuh inspired me to get my own shamrock. I named him gump who was a little more wild. since then I have moved out and sold/traded all of those birds except for buhbuh he is my best friend and I wouldn't trade/sell him for the world Elliott 2005-12-09
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I really enjoyed your site. It was here where I learned what my new baby was. Levi is now 3 years old. We recently had a new addition to our family, a mate for our shamrock. Her mom is a military and her pop a catalina. She looks similar to shamrock, and blushes like her mom. leah Leah 2005-12-01
I have kept birds all my life, but always they have been abused. I am fourteen years old; admittedly not very old, but I know alot about birds for my age. Recently when going to a doctor in Orlando I stopped in a bird store and they had so many birds it was overwhelming! Almost all macaws, of those nearly all scarlets. Then I saw this beautiful bird. She wasn't talking at all, but she was so sweet! I thought she was a millitary macaw, but she was a little too brightly colored. So I did some research, and found out she was a shamrock macaw. This page was very useful! All I can hope is that I save enough money to buy her before they sell her. I felt a real connection with that bird, never met a sweeter bird. The only thing she said the entire time I was there was "I love you'. AWW. Hope I can save up, Again, very helpful! Emily 2005-11-10
I wondered for years what my macaw "Carmen" was; I was told when I got her that she was a Catalina macaw and I remember thinking that she didn't look like any Catalina I'd ever seen. I saw her parents (her mother is a Military and her father is a Scarlet) and I asked the breeder if "Catalina" was also a name applied to a Military/Scarlet cross and he said it applied to all hybrid macaws. I didn't quite believe this but didn't give it any more thought until I ran across this page. I can't believe how much "Tonya" looks like Carmen! They could be sisters!! Thanks for helping give my girl the right identity! :) L'oiseau Rebelle 2005-09-09

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