cameroon grey

[Guest briansmum]

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

[dblhelix]

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

[judygram]

Thank you for clarifying that for us, Dblhelix, I wasn't quite sure about them, so in other words, all cameroons are cags but not all cags are cameroons. Gotcha.

[Talon]

Thanks, Mark for that link! It's got great info on it.

[Guest briansmum]

great link Mark, that cleared it up a lot. Thankyou

[dblhelix]

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"

[judygram]

Well just look at Mr. Smarty Pants here, he knows it all doesn't he.:whistle:

 

Just kidding, Mark, you know I love ya man.:kiss:

[lovemyGreys]

Great info dblhelix & an intresting topic beccy

[Guest briansmum]

can always count on mark to enlighten us! {Communicate-0002011B}

[kiwibarb12]

I always knew that Beckett - a TAG - wasn't common = now iknow that he is definitely uppercrust. A blueblood forsooth!