Moon then successfully established the mutation. Pearling in a whiteface cockatiel is always white.The lacings should be extensive and consistent. Recently an orange-crested cock with the orange cheek patch extending into the face and crest has occurred. Some of the rarer mutations such as Fallow, Recessive and Dominant Silver, and Emerald are prone to thinner feathering to the head feathers. Adult lutino Pearl Pied cocks will exhibit a pale beige to lavender appearing wash to their back after their first molt. Melanin is responsible for darker colors, like blue. Genes come in pairs; a pair is composed of a gene from each parent. The tail will be a deep yellow with yellow barring and some clear yellow feathers. Information pertaining to sexing the below mutations have been added (as available) ... Cockatiel females and young birds have barring on the underside of the tail as can be seen above. In not knowing genetics and several generations of visual to visual (‘Like to Like’ or same mutation pairings) faults such as balding, a higher mortality rate in the nestbox occurs, and smaller cockatiels, which keeps the pet grade cockatiel at an average of 75-85 grams in weight. Please contact them directly with respect to any copyright or licensing questions. Albinos are pure white with no color what so ever. Visually a Lutino Pied will have an overall softy buttery yellow color to the plumage. Look at the wing flights. Lutino Cinnamon, LC or Cinnamon Lutino, CL (outside the US Lutino Cinnamon may also be referred to as Lacewing) first appeared in the mid 1980’s, Lutino Cinnamon is a double mutation, meaning the bird visually shows two mutations, Lutino and Cinnamon. Mature adult males have a white face as opposed to the yellow mask typical of the other varieties. The Normal Grey is the original bird native to Australia. Double-factor dominate silver. Sexing information is also provided whenever available. The amounts and placement of color vary widely. The beak, feet and toenails are flesh colored. They have had 4 clutches so far. Terms Of Use / Copyright Restrictions, Site Privacy Policy | Report Abuse | Website Administrator | Web Design by Drupal Development Services. A whiteface mutation will eliminate the lipochromes, instead. Many times those inexperienced with the various mutations will misidentify a Pied as a Lutino or Lutino Pied. The eyes will be a light red very similar to a lutino pied. When young the Lutino hens will exhibit a dilute Cinnamon coloration to the body plumage (if also pearl), wing flights and tail feathers. Cockatiels do not have a true "albino" mutation as they don't carry the BLUE gene. If we categorized the cockatiel birds in colours, we find three major cockatiel mutations. The Emerals Cockatiel, also known as Spangled Cockatiel or Olive Cockatiel, has small patches or splotching's of varying yellow to grey colors. They have a need for social interaction. Required fields are marked *. Put your breeding pair into a large cage together. Updated for 2019 In the US there are 14 established mutations of the cockatiel, excluding the normal grey which is not a mutation. Join Date: Jan 2015. The Sex-linked mutations are Pearl. As you will see, if your goal is to breed a sex-linked mutation like cinnamon, besides breeding two visually cinnamon budgies, the best results will be from the pairing of a male who is split for cinnamon to a cinnamon female. Later on white-faces, silvers and albinos have stirred up excitement in aviculture. Some of the more beautiful combinations include the Albino (all white), Pied Whiteface, Cinnamon Pied Pearly, Pearly Whiteface, and several others. Some pairings have a possibility of 32 (that'sright, 32) genetically different off spring. Yellowcheek sex-linked is a yellow (lutein or psittacine) enhancing gene. Lutino. The Lutino mutation lacks (suppresses) the melanin pigment, which enables the black, brown, grey colors. These are Sex-Linked, Recessive, and Dominant. See also: Sexing Cockatiels Visually Most parrots have two pigments that produce color. How are the mutations inherited? The BEST pairing with any YC is to pair it with a normal orange cheek patched bird that has large and deep orange colored cheek patches. COCKATIEL MUTATIONS, A Bounty of Color Copyright © by srtiels. Lutino Pearl Pied (LPpD) first appeared in the early 1980’s and is a triple mutation that visually shows Lutino, combined with Pearl and Pied patterns. They first occurred in the aviaries of Mrs. R. Kersh and D. Putnam in 1949. Single-factor dominant silver. Although yellow barring on the underside of the tail are visible in females. They are commonly referred to as "albinos" as they are all white with red eyes. Origin: Lutino is the second established mutation. For those breeders able to obtain birds, the general complaints were that some of the birds were small and poor in quality, nervous, difficult to pair for breeding and produced a high incidence of infertile eggs. The bird is clear yellow or white, with areas of grey over the rest of the body. This can vary from a subtle pale yellow to a deep primrose yellow. The eyes will darken as the bird matures, to a deep red color. A lot of the excitement for cockatiel breeding can be explained by the many beautiful mutations that have occurred over the years. Same as single-factor dominant silver, except feathers are a light metallic silver. Rare BirdsExotic BirdsCockatielBaby BudgiesPretty BirdsBeautiful … Rarely are any of the birds related, and they may have been bought from different sources, but when paired ‘like to like’ to their dismay up pops a bald spot and …”Hey, what is going on?”. Scroll down for information on the many cockatiel mutations that have been developed in aviaries. In lutinos, baldness can occurs behind the crest. Lutino Pearl (LP) first appeared late 1970 and is a double mutation, meaning the bird visually shows two mutations, Lutino and Pearl. Lutino pearl would have darker yellow pearling. With 7 babies total. Melanin is completely suppressed to the eye when the lutino is young. Ideally, when working with Lutino you would prefer a Lutino that has no balding behind the crest. Inspect the babies that are pin feathering in the nest. Their faces do not turn yellow, and they have either white or yellow barring on the underside of their tails. Hens cannot pass a sex-linked color mutation on to their female offspring, either. Cockatiel specimen combining the opaline and ADMpied mutations. Below are some punnet square examples of pairings. Cinnamon: This mutation is similar to the normal with grey areas replaced by tan to cinnamon brown color.The Cinnamon mutation gets it name from the cinnamon color, which has been described as a brownish-grey color.The male Cinnamon Cockatiel develops a bright yellow face (also know as the mask) and bright orange cheek patches after his first molt. Like with the lutino, check the eye color with indirect light to it. When breeding Lutino, it is best to stay away from cross breeding to Pearl. Pearly Pied: The colors are the same as the pied with the pearling only on portions of the wings. Balding is the result of genetic flaw that showed up when the Lutino mutation was established, and is a recessive fault. It is very easy to tell if a lutino is also Pied once they are fully feathered. Thanks: 23. If you study the pinfeathering on the head of a lutino baby you will notice that there is still a bald section. Feathers are a darker metallic silver, with orange check patches and black eyes, feet and beak (except in pieds, which have flesh-colored feet and beaks. The same applies to the tail feathers, clear feathers are Pied feathers and barred feathers are non-Pied feathers. Please note: Balding can happen with any mutation. A skullcap of darker pigmentation is visible on the head. Some yellow will be present in the crest and sides of the face, and tail. Immature males and females look alike and cannot be visually sexed. The references to the Lutino being white are misleading because if a person looks carefully there is the presence of lipochrome (yellow pigments) in varying degrees. The first cockatiel mutation was the Lutino Pied Cockatiel establish earlier to 1951. Cinnamon. Explore Jagadish Jay’s board “Cockatiels and its mutations” on Pinterest. The Heroes that Were Pigeons: The Smart “Rescue and War” Pigeons (Click here to learn more about bird pigmentation.) Or we will pair two pretty birds together hoping for a variety of colors, and are disappointed when we see plain colored grey babies in the nest. Split to Pied has been noted to alter the Lutino eye color as the bird matures. But they are very different. Hold back the ones that have dense pinfeathers covering all the bare patches behind the crest. As the lutino matures, some melanin will darken the red eyes so that they appear dark. A Lutino can be identified as it hatches. If we do not understand genetics, when the odd baby pops up, we may not know it is because the cock was also split to another color. There is a great fascination in acquiring two or more mutation colors on one bird. Silver Mutation: The plumage is a light, silvery grey. From a distance, the eyes look like a dark eyed bird. Of Mrs. R. Kersh and D. 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