I do not advocate breeding hybrid macaws! That is NOT what this site is about.

Hybrid Macaws are not rare & endangered, nor are they a species.

The names we assign to hybrid macaws are not recognized taxonomic descriptions.
A more accurate way to refer to them would be by their actual species combinations, such as Ara ararauna x Ara macao, along with the hybrid generation, if known. I occasionally receive emails requesting the names for various combinations of hybrid macaw offspring that may not have a "common," aka; agreed upon, or "slang" name presently in usage. Some will invent a name and assume it will catch on. Such is not necessarily the case. You will run across different names at varying times for the same macaw hybrid, such as Milihy, or Milicinth, for a Hyacinth x Military macaw (or Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus x Ara militaris.)

A related, but less common, macaw hybrid is the Hyacinth x Buffon's (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus x Ara ambigua), sometimes referred to as an "Emerald" Macaw. Up until just this past year, or so, you could pick up a Milihy Macaw for under $1,000. (I know of a veterinarian who did less than 2 years ago.) Recently, I learned of someone acquiring a Milihy for a much larger sum of money. To go along with the dollar figure paid, he is calling it an "Emerald." This implied status symbol, or trophy, is just conspicuous consumption. Why would one very similar looking hybrid macaw be so much more acceptable than another? How vain to be so driven to impress our fellow man! What about the life, & beauty of the bird?
Is that not good enough?

Sadly, and in part thanks to the popularity & visibility of this website, which inadvertently & unintentionally glamorized the hybridization of macaws , a virtual "Cult of Hybrid Macaw Proponents, & Followers" has crept into aviculture, like a low grade infection. Fortunately, for reasons of both conservation & ethics, it is not necessarily chronic, nor will it become mainstream. Hybrid, aka; Designer Macaws cycle in & out of fashion and have been a trend in recent years. Presently, increasing awareness of global health, ecological balance, and a greater respect for the intelligence & biosystem of Mother Earth are taking precedence, for as a result of our selfish & persistent interference, we now face our own grim future.

Beware of avian fashionistas, ones determined to sell you on a hybrid macaw based on extraordinary & trumped up claims as to their rarity & desirable attributes. The novelty will wear off, especially if you were unprepared for what all living with a large macaw entails.


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