breeding

akasha · New Member Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 3

i bought two kakarikis about two months ago ,the male is a yellow fronted kakariki and the femal is a cinnamon mottled pied ,my question is if i bred them would there chics be hybrid and also does the male or female make the nest. akasha

Peter · Foundation Member Joined: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 599

Hi Akasha,

Welcome to our comunity. When you pair a red fronted with a yellow fronted, the chicks will be hybrids. There is a file in the gallery where you can find identification pics of what the results will be of such a pairing.

Neither the male or female builds a nest. You have to do it yourself. Search in the search block forums on the left for 'nestbox'. You will find a lot of info.

It seems that the Mottled pied is present as well in Europe. You are the third. I have also found a source in France and one in Germany.
There are probably more mutations to discover but the problem nowadays is that there are to many Black Eyed Clears who mask these.

Peter

akasha · New Member Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 3

yes i read about red fronted and yellow fronted producing hybrids but would you gethybrid chics if you breda yellow fronted kakariki and a cinnamon mottled pied,im not very good at mutations in kakarikis

akasha · New Member Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 3

sorry i made a mistake ,i dont know what web site it was but it showed a picture of a lutino and the words cinnamon mottled pied were wrote underneath it so i automaticly thought it was a cinnamon mottled pied.so same que wall

stion except lutino instead of cinnamon mottled wall

Kaka-riki · Site Admin Joined: May 30, 2005 Posts: 363

Hi Akasha,
If the two birds that you have bought have different coloured head bands then they SHOULD NOT be paired together. The red fronted species has a red frontal band across the head and the yellow has a yellow frontal band. If you are still not sure maybe you could post pictures of your birds and we will be able to identify them for you.

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

A great problem with kakariki breeding, is where cross breeding between yellow and red crown takes place to produce hybrids.
It is very important to have pure species blood lines for successful breeding programs, both for Conservation purposes in NZ, and mutation breeding programs around the world.
There is a huge problem both here in NZ and overseas to source pure stock, simply because of cross breeding and these off spring getting into the market.

We are dealing with an endangered species, far more endangered than what I believe they are actually listed as. There is no more 'wild' stock to pull new blood from, and what stock there was avalible, from under The NZ Government administration, has now been found to be hybrid. (private breeders knew this yrs ago)
So please, Dont cross breed Kakariki species be it in NZ or overseas.