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White-faced Cockatiel
The white-faced cockatiel is one of the cockatiel colour genetic mutations, with a mostly white or grayish face. They stand out because they have no orange cheek patches or yellow coloring at all. This is the seventh established mutation which appeared for the first time with domesticated cockatiels in 1964 in Holland. Size and weight These cockatiels can grow up to 12 inches (30 cm) and weigh 3 to 4 ounces. Sexual differences For white-faced cockatiels, the males will have a whiter head and the females will have more of a grayish head. The females will also have the barred markings underneath their tail feathers while the males will have none. White-faced cockatiel in different colour mutations *White-faced grey cockatiel: *White-faced pearl cockatiel: *White-faced pied cockatiel: *White-faced pearl pied cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon pearl cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon pied cockatiel: The relation with "albino" cockatiel The "al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatiel Sleeping
The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as weiro (also spelt weero), or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar. The cockatiel is the only member of the genus ''Nymphicus''. It was previously unclear whether the cockatiel was a crested parakeet or small cockatoo; however, more recent molecular studies have assigned it to its own subfamily, ''Nymphicinae''. It is, therefore, now classified as the smallest of the Cacatuidae (cockatoo family). Cockatiels are native to Australia, favouring the Australian wetlands, scrublands, and bushlands. Taxonomy and etymology Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr in 1793 as ''Psittacus hollandicus'', the cockatiel (or cockateel) was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatiel
The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as weiro (also spelt weero), or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar. The cockatiel is the only member of the genus ''Nymphicus''. It was previously unclear whether the cockatiel was a crested parakeet or small cockatoo; however, more recent molecular studies have assigned it to its own subfamily, ''Nymphicinae''. It is, therefore, now classified as the smallest of the Cacatuidae (cockatoo family). Cockatiels are native to Australia, favouring the Australian wetlands, scrublands, and bushlands. Taxonomy and etymology Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr in 1793 as ''Psittacus hollandicus'', the cockatiel (or cockateel) was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatiel Colour Genetics
The science of cockatiel colour genetics deals with the heredity of colour variation in the feathers of cockatiels, ''Nymphicus hollandicus''. Colour mutations are a natural but very rare phenomenon that occur in either captivity or the wild. About fifteen primary colour mutations have been established in the species which enable the production of many different combinations. Note that this article is heavily based on the captive or companion cockatiel rather than the wild cockatiel species. Mutations (list) * Anti-Dimorphic (ADM) Pied/Recessive Pied * Ashenfallow, incorrectly known as either Recessive Silver and/or Silver Fallow in the past * Bronzefallow/Brownfallow * Cinnamon * Dilute, incorrectly known as Pastel Silver in the past * Dominant Silver/Ashen Dilute * Edgedilute, incorrectly known as Spangled Silver in the past * Faded * Sex-linked Ino/ Lutino/Albino *Palefaced Ino/Creamino * Non-sex-linked ino/Recessive Ino * Opaline/Pearl * Palefaced, often incorrectly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatiels
The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as weiro (also spelt weero), or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemism in birds, endemic to Australia (continent), Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar. The cockatiel is the only member of the genus ''Nymphicus''. It was previously unclear whether the cockatiel was a crested parakeet or small cockatoo; however, more recent molecular studies have assigned it to its own subfamily, ''Nymphicinae''. It is, therefore, now classified as the smallest of the Cacatuidae (cockatoo family). Cockatiels are native to Australia, favouring the Australian wetlands, scrublands, and bushlands. Taxonomy and etymology Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr (writer), Robert Kerr in 1793 as ''Psi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal Grey Cockatiel
The normal grey cockatiel, wild type cockatiel, wild cockatiel or grey cockatiel, or Common Cockatiel, is the origin cockatiel of all colour genetics mutations, with mostly grey feathers and orange cheek patches. Colour mutation It all began with the normal grey cockatiel as the wild type colour, the mutations started with the captive home breeding, It took about 100 years for the first mutation to evolve, from the first captive breeding of cockatiels which was in France in the 1850s till 1951 which known the Pied cockatiel mutation as first mutation colour to be established in the United States. The Pied appeared exactly by the aviaries of "Mr. D. Putman" of San Diego, California, United States. A mutation is defined as a spontaneous change in the genetic code. These changes have resulted in the different colors we now have today. All cockatiels, excluding the normal grey are mutations. Cockatiel colour mutations have produced the Lutino cockatiel, which first appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pied Cockatiel
The Pied cockatiel is the first mutation of cockatiel colour genetics, with a mostly grey to light-yellow and white feathers and orange cheek patches. Pied cockatiels have large, random blotches of colour on their bodies, after the " normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent white flashes on the outer edges of each wing. Bird breeders can breed for certain traits, and they have been breeding for different colour mutations in cockatiels since the 1940s. The pied cockatiel mutation was the first cockatiel mutation colour to be established in United States in 1951. The Pied appeared exactly by the aviaries of "Mr. D. Putman" of San Diego, California, United States. After this first genetic colour mutation the cockatiel bird Knew a series of mutations like Lutino cockatiel as second cockatiel colour genetics, first appeared in 1958, White-faced cockatiel (first appeared in 1964), Cinnamon cockatiel, and the Pearled cockatiel which ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutino Cockatiel
The lutino cockatiel is one of the most popular mutations of cockatiel, with white to light-yellow feathers and orange cheek patches. The " normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent white flashes on the outer edges of each wing. However, bird breeders can breed for certain traits, and they have been breeding for different color mutations in cockatiels since the 1940s. The lutino cockatiel mutation was the second cockatiel mutation to be established in the United States, the first being the pied cockatiel mutation in 1951. The lutino appeared in the aviaries of Cliff Barringer of Miami, Florida, United States, in 1958. Sound and appearance All cockatiel colour genetic mutations have the same calls. The male lutino cockatiels can talk, sing, and dance (shakes head, makes the wings heart-shaped, etc.) to attract female cockatiels. Lutino cockatiels appear as full body in color yellow with two orange circular spots around the ear and che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatiel Colour Genetics
The science of cockatiel colour genetics deals with the heredity of colour variation in the feathers of cockatiels, ''Nymphicus hollandicus''. Colour mutations are a natural but very rare phenomenon that occur in either captivity or the wild. About fifteen primary colour mutations have been established in the species which enable the production of many different combinations. Note that this article is heavily based on the captive or companion cockatiel rather than the wild cockatiel species. Mutations (list) * Anti-Dimorphic (ADM) Pied/Recessive Pied * Ashenfallow, incorrectly known as either Recessive Silver and/or Silver Fallow in the past * Bronzefallow/Brownfallow * Cinnamon * Dilute, incorrectly known as Pastel Silver in the past * Dominant Silver/Ashen Dilute * Edgedilute, incorrectly known as Spangled Silver in the past * Faded * Sex-linked Ino/ Lutino/Albino *Palefaced Ino/Creamino * Non-sex-linked ino/Recessive Ino * Opaline/Pearl * Palefaced, often incorrectly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutino Rosy-faced Lovebird Mutation
The lutino peach-faced love bird (''Agapornis roseicollis'') is one of the most popular mutations of rosy-faced lovebird. It is closely followed by the Dutch blue lovebird in popularity. See also *Rosy-faced lovebird * Rosy-faced lovebird colour genetics *Lutino cockatiel mutation The lutino cockatiel is one of the most popular mutations of cockatiel, with white to light-yellow feathers and orange cheek patches. The "Normal grey cockatiel, normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent ... References External linksSimple Peach-faced Lovebird Genetics {{Psittaculini Aviculture Vertebrate genetics Lovebirds Rosy-faced lovebird colour mutations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatoo
A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. The phylogenetic position of the cockatiel remains unresolved, other than that it is one of the earliest offshoots of the cockatoo lineage. The remaining species are in two main clades. The five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companion Parrot
A companion parrot is a parrot kept as a pet that interacts abundantly with its human counterpart. Generally, most species of parrot can make excellent companions, but must be carefully managed around other common pet species like dogs and cats as they might be hostile towards them. Species of parrots that are kept as companions include large parrots, such as amazons, greys, cockatoos, eclectus, hawk-headed parrots, and macaws; (Species include hybrids like the Catalina macaw) mid-sized birds, such as caiques, conures, quakers, ''Pionus'', ''Poicephalus'', rose-ringed parakeets, and rosellas; and many of the smaller types, including ''Brotogeris'', budgies, cockatiels, parakeets, lovebirds, parrotlets and lineolated parakeets. Some species of lories and lorikeets are kept as pets but are quite messy, and often more popular as aviary birds. Hanging parrots and fig parrots are normally kept as aviary birds and not as pets. Some species as pygmy parrots and kakapos, night par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pied Cockatiel
The Pied cockatiel is the first mutation of cockatiel colour genetics, with a mostly grey to light-yellow and white feathers and orange cheek patches. Pied cockatiels have large, random blotches of colour on their bodies, after the " normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent white flashes on the outer edges of each wing. Bird breeders can breed for certain traits, and they have been breeding for different colour mutations in cockatiels since the 1940s. The pied cockatiel mutation was the first cockatiel mutation colour to be established in United States in 1951. The Pied appeared exactly by the aviaries of "Mr. D. Putman" of San Diego, California, United States. After this first genetic colour mutation the cockatiel bird Knew a series of mutations like Lutino cockatiel as second cockatiel colour genetics, first appeared in 1958, White-faced cockatiel (first appeared in 1964), Cinnamon cockatiel, and the Pearled cockatiel which ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
