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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.
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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/ref> to evolve, from the first captive breeding of cockatiels which was in France in the 1850s till 1951 which known the
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" ...
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
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 ...
, which first appeared in 1958 (see 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. Ab ...
).
The 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 app ...
first appeared in 1964.
Other varieties include Cinnamon cockatiel, the Pearled cockatiel which appeared in Germany in 1967 or 1968, and Pastelface cockatiel.
Sound
All cockatiel colour genetic mutations produce the same call.See also
* Cockatoo * Lutino rosy-faced lovebird mutation *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. Ab ...
* Companion parrot
* 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" ...
* 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 ...
* Budgerigar
* 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 app ...
References
External links
Cockatiels - National Cockatiel Society
Cockatiel Information Forum and Bulletin Board
- Talk Cockatiels
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- Internet Bird Collection {{Cockatoos Cockatiel colour mutations Cockatiel