Rare Mutation Peachface, Fischer and Masked Lovebirds
Lovebirds are energetic little Parrots that are fun to keep as pets and to breed. There are a great number of very beautiful color mutations and the combining of these mutations to create even more color varieties make breeding these little beauties both interesting and fun. Come along and visit my Lovebirds and learn a little about the different colors availible.
Peachface Lovebirds
The Peachface Lovebird species have the most color mutations of all the Lovebird species. These color mutations can be combined with each other to make a wide variety of color combinations. In the picture above the yellow bird is a Lutino, The light yellow is called a Creamino which is the combination of the Lutino and the Blue mutations. The bird in flight is a white-faced Blue. The rest are Opalines. The picture below is a clutch of babies from one of my pairs, they produced Lutinos, Creaminos and White-faced.
Opaline Peachface Lovebirds
One of the newest mutations
This mutation causes a redistribution of pigment in the feathers of the bird. In the Peachface Lovebird there is a reduction of melanin distribution on the back of the head and in the tail and psittacin is increased and enhanced. This causes the face color to be spread over the head, red to be increased in the tail and yellow is spread through the rump causing a color change from blue to green. Pictures above are 1.Normal Green Opaline 2. Green Opaline split to Orangeface 3. Normal Green Opaline 4. Seagreen Opaline 5.group of young Opalines the color hasn't quite spread over all the head.
Lutino Fischer Lovebirds
The Lutino color mutation in the Fischer Lovebird is to me one of the most beautiful of all the Lovebird colors. In most Lovebirds this mutation is genetically sex linked, but in the Fischer Lovebird it is a simple recessive. This means that to be a visible mutation the bird must carry two genes for the mutation, if it only carries one it is considered split. We breed a visible Lutino to a Dilute Green, which produces Dilute Green split to Lutino. These split birds are very close in appearance to the Lutino. We also breed the Dilute Green split to Lutino to visible Lutinos to produce more visible Lutinos. Pictures above are 1. A Lutino with a normal Green 2. Two Dilute Greens 3. A Dilute Green split to Lutino 4. One of our pairs Dilute Green split Lutino male and Lutino female
Masked Lovebirds
The Masked Lovebird has several nice looking color mutation. The Albino is one of my favorites, this is a solid white bird with red eyes and a flesh colored beak. This mutation is also simple recessive. To get an Albino we breed the Lutino Masked Lovebird to a Blue series Masked Lovebird. In this mutation there is a total loss of melanin. In picture 1 above we see a Dilute Blue Masked Lovebird with 2 dark factors split to Albino, picture 2 is a Dilute Blue single dark factor split to Albino, picture 3 is an Albino, picture 4 is one of my pairs the female is Violet with one dark factor and the male is dilute blue with one dark factor, picture 5 is a normal Green Masked Lovebird. The picture below shows two 8 week old babies from the pair in picture 4 above. Both these babies have 2 dark factors, the darkest bird is a blue and the lighter bird is a dilute blue. They both might be Violet, the the double dark factor covers it up, only test breeding will show if they carry the Violet factor. You need one dark factor with a Violet factor for the Violet to show well. This difficulty in breeding visible Violets is one reason that they are one of the higher priced mutations.
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Hhank
A absolutely love these birds, but found that they are very loud, making it difficult to sleep at night, even when the cage is slightly covered. Thanks for sharing this information, the lens is great. I am finishing my lens series about used buses. Posted June 30, 2008 |
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Great lens, very informative, I really appreciate your effort. Posted May 23, 2008 |
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Great lens, very informative, I really appreciate your effort. Posted May 23, 2008 |
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