Cocktiels - Colour Mutations
Main article: Cockatiel colour genetics
Fifteen different Cockatiel colour mutations are currently established in aviculture, including Grey, Pied, Pearled, Cinnamon, Whitefaced, Lutino, Albino (aka. Whitefaced Lutino) and Yellowcheeked Cockatiels. Mutations in captivity have emerged in various colors, some quite different from those observed in nature. In 1949 the species began to spread throughout the world, with the creation of "wild," and then "pied" mutation developed in California in the United States. There are many mutations of Cockatiels with varied colors, they are: Silvestre, Harlequin, Lutino, Cinnamon, opaline (Pearl), Cara Black, Silver, Fawn, Albino (there is a pattern and not just albino genetic mutations), Pastel, Silver and Recessive silver dominant.
About fifteen primary mutations have been established in the species and enable the production of many different combinations.
Note: aka stands for "also known as," cka stands for commonly known as, and ika stands for "incorrectly known as."
ADMpied (aka Recessive Pied aka Harlequin)
Ashenfallow (ika Recessive Silver)
Bronzefallow (cka Brownfallow)
Cinnamon
Dilute (ika Pastel Silver)
Dominant Silver (aka Ashen Dilute)
Edged dilute (ika Spangled or Spangled Silver)
Faded
SL Ino
NSLino (Recessive Ino)
Opaline (cka Pearled)
Palefaced (ika Pastelfaced)
Platinum (ika Pallid)
Whitefaced (same gene as genuine Blue mutation in typical Parrot and Parakeet species)
Dominant and Sex Linked Yellowcheeked
Yellow-suffused (ika Emerald or Olive)
The multiple names for these mutations are due in part to different regions of the globe naming the same colour change a different term. This does not mean that it is a different mutation. It only means it is a different name.
Colour mutations can be natural but very rare phenomenon that oddly occur in both captivity and the wild, although most to even all of the color morphs are partly due to human intervention and extensive trait admixture or selective breeding, in an effort to produce a bird with a "perfect" appearance.
Fifteen different Cockatiel colour mutations are currently established in aviculture, including Grey, Pied, Pearled, Cinnamon, Whitefaced, Lutino, Albino (aka. Whitefaced Lutino) and Yellowcheeked Cockatiels. Mutations in captivity have emerged in various colors, some quite different from those observed in nature. In 1949 the species began to spread throughout the world, with the creation of "wild," and then "pied" mutation developed in California in the United States. There are many mutations of Cockatiels with varied colors, they are: Silvestre, Harlequin, Lutino, Cinnamon, opaline (Pearl), Cara Black, Silver, Fawn, Albino (there is a pattern and not just albino genetic mutations), Pastel, Silver and Recessive silver dominant.
About fifteen primary mutations have been established in the species and enable the production of many different combinations.
Note: aka stands for "also known as," cka stands for commonly known as, and ika stands for "incorrectly known as."
ADMpied (aka Recessive Pied aka Harlequin)
Ashenfallow (ika Recessive Silver)
Bronzefallow (cka Brownfallow)
Cinnamon
Dilute (ika Pastel Silver)
Dominant Silver (aka Ashen Dilute)
Edged dilute (ika Spangled or Spangled Silver)
Faded
SL Ino
NSLino (Recessive Ino)
Opaline (cka Pearled)
Palefaced (ika Pastelfaced)
Platinum (ika Pallid)
Whitefaced (same gene as genuine Blue mutation in typical Parrot and Parakeet species)
Dominant and Sex Linked Yellowcheeked
Yellow-suffused (ika Emerald or Olive)
The multiple names for these mutations are due in part to different regions of the globe naming the same colour change a different term. This does not mean that it is a different mutation. It only means it is a different name.
Colour mutations can be natural but very rare phenomenon that oddly occur in both captivity and the wild, although most to even all of the color morphs are partly due to human intervention and extensive trait admixture or selective breeding, in an effort to produce a bird with a "perfect" appearance.