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cameroon grey


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i have been researching, or rather trying to research the illusive "cameroon" grey, there's nothing much about them other than they are bigger than congo's and the only site i have found of someone who says they have one says their grey weighs in at around 470g. now this is exactly what brian weighs in at and im pretty sure he's not one. i was wondering if anyone else thought they had one. just out of curiosity :)

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There are two recongnized subspecies: CAG and TAG. CAG's are the nominate species (eg more common). When people refer to CAGs as Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Congo and Angola Greys, they are referring to the region or country from which these parrots originated. These are their "street names" and they refer to "VARIATIONS," not subspecies. This is actually a pretty informative site:

 

http://www.africanature.com/Project%20Africa/wildgreys.htm

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Correct. In addition, it is true that birds from certain geographical locations may, on average, be larger or lighter/darker then their counter parts in other regions. But they are one of two subspecies:

Psittacus erithacus erithacus, (Genus, species, nominate species) aka "CAG"

 

Psittacus erithacus timneh, (Genus, species, nominate species) aka "TAG"

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