Sun
Cheek Pyrrhura Conure - beautiful mutation color developed by
Steve Garvin!
The
Suncheek
is
a visual American Dilute/Yellow-Sided Conure/cinnamon.
It has ruby eyes, white beak, white feet, orange and golden yellow
breast,
pastel crown, pastel lime back, platinum-blue flight feathers,
and a surprisingly bright
orange-red tail feathers
that burst out of the yellow body!
These
birds are NOT hybrids! These are mutation colors-
just like the different colors in poodles. Suncheek
on left; normal
Green-Cheeked Conure on right
Red-Faced Suncheek!
Red-Faced
Suncheek on left; Red-Faced
Pineapple on right
Suncheek
(bird at bottom)
Suncheek
on left;
normal
Green-Cheeked Conure on right
Suncheek
on left;
normal
Green-Cheeked Conure on right
I've been breeding Green Cheek Conures for 32 years now. I have
32 generations of them. I chose these birds to specialize in for
they do make excellent pets and that lets so many of us that would
never be exposed to anything other than a dog or cat do so. Green
cheeks are great; they let you interact with a exotic that adapts
well and easily fits in to a pet life style . They are very playful
as well as social and are not distructive and not loud.
The NEW BIRD
When I started breeding the Yellow side Green Cheek, I loved it
but wondered if other colors were possible. At the time there
existed the normal ( wild phase) ,the Yellow side ( wild phase),
and the Cinnamon (produced in captivity). No one was mixing them,
so why not me? I bought the Cinnamons - then called Fallows from
Davis Kauffmann and started. My goal was a lutino bird. Instead
I produced the Pineapple, a name I came up with to describe and
promote the beauty of this bird. Over the years the people into
genetics have given it three different names. I heard it called
a Fallow /Yellow side, then it was a
Cinnamon /Yellow side, and now a Cinnamon /Opaline.
A name. So far the best name I've come up with is a Sun Cheek.
White beak , ruby eyes, a bright yellow breast, a red tail that
just pops out of the yellow, and a light lime back. The bird is
genetically a Yellow Sided, Cinnamon, American Dilute Green Cheek
Conure, which no one that's not in to genetics will ever ask for
and is therefore a very unpopular name. So why not a Suncheek?! It's 100% Green cheek conure. Please see the Penn
and Teller video about names: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw&feature=email. Or would you like some roasted dough
covered in tomato sauce with some cheese, maybe some pepperoni
on top? Or you could just order a pizza. There are reasons tthat
we give common names to birds and other things.
Another new mutation coloration is the dark beaked American Dilute/ Yellow
sided, a beautiful
bird with extensive bright reds and yellows.
Our newest color,
the Moon Cheek!
NEW
RARE MUTATION COLORS!
photos by Steve Garvin
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