Buy Catalina Macaw Parrots

COMMON NAMES: Catalina macaw, rainbow macaw

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hybrid Ara ararauna x Ara macao

ADULT SIZE: 35 inches, weighing 2 to 3 pounds

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 50 to 60 years

Origin and History

This strain was form by crossing a blue and golden macaw with a scarlet macaw. Catalina macaws are find substantially in prison. You infrequently find a naturally bred Catalina macaw in the wild. In raspberry parentage and hybridization, the father’s genes are most frequently dominant. Catalina macaws most frequently look like scarlet macaws, since the joker is generally a scarlet.

The Catalina is consider a first- generation macaw mongrel. It was deduced from two naturally being or” true” catcalls. Since this is similar a beautiful raspberry, some breeders use it for breeding a number of alternate- generation cold-blooded macaws( those from at least one mongrel raspberry). It’s also rather common to find alternate- generation Catalinas that are a cross between two Catalina parents.

Common Health Problems

The health care concerns for Catalina macaws are the same as other macaw species. Some of the more common illnesses seen in macaws include:

• Proventricular dilation disease (an intestinal problem, also called wasting disease)
• Psittacosis (a bacterial infection, also called chlamydiosis or parrot fever)
• Other bacterial, viral, or fungal diseases
• Allergies
• Beak malformations in chicks