Starlight Macaw

Starlight Macaw
"What a show off! I think it knows… very popular macaw parents can make very popular macaw offspring, and the Starlight macaw is truly that!"

   This Starlight Macaw must surely know how attractive it is,

raising its wings to show off its beautiful colors!

   The Starlight Macaw is a hybrid macaw whose parents are a Scarlet Macaw and a Miligold Macaw. One of its parents, the Scarlet Macaw, is a species of naturally occurring macaws while the other, the Miligold Macaw, is also a hybrid macaw. Hybrid macaws are bred for color, and this bird demonstrates some very strong color influences from its parentage. The Starlight Macaw is a second generation hybrid macaw and was developed from these crossings:

• 1st – Blue and Gold Macaw crossed with a Military Macaw = Miligold Macaw
• 2nd – Miligold Macaw crossed with a Scarlet Macaw = Harligold Macaw

   Because hybrid macaws are a mixture of more than one type of macaw, the offspring are influenced by the traits and characteristics of both of its parents. Father’s have the dominant gene, so this will generally influence the offspring’s coloration and overall appearance. The Starlight Macaw pictured above has a Scarlet Macaw father and a Miligold mother.