[antir-heralds] A couple of questions

[chrisact at qwickconnect.net]

Paul Jeffery wrote:
> Greetings everyone.
>    
>   I have a couple of people that have come to me for help with names and devices. As I am a very new herald I am coming to you all for help. 
>   The first client would like to have a sun conure (type of parrot). I am not sure if this is possible as they are from central america. If it is possible when I do a conflict check would I have to check against all birds?
>   

Ursula has covered the problem(s) of conflict checking birds already. :-)

Re. the sun conure: It is not from Central America originally, but from 
Amazonia. It was "transplanted" by humans, post Columbus, to Central 
America and the Caribbean. See, for instance,
http://www.mysunconure.com/sunconurefacts.html
where it says:
*The origins of a sun conure* bird start in the Amazon River from the 
eastern parts of South America. Typical environments for these vibrantly 
colored birds, also known as the Aratinga Solstitialis, are the open 
forests of the Northern Amazon, Northeastern Brazil and Southeast Venezuela.

I do not believe those areas had contact with Western Europe pre 17th 
century, so I seriously doubt the sun conure would be acceptably "in 
period." Sorry. :-(


~~Basil Dragonstrike

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