Hello from Australia :) **WITH PICS**

[mimi88]

Hi everyone! I own (or am owned by ) a mustard Scaly Breasted Lorikeet named Margarita. Not sure if non Aussie members will know what that is, so i've attached a picture of Margarita below so you can all have a look. He will be 4 months old soon, and I absolutely love him. He loves rolling over onto his back with his feet in the air, he is quite the clown. He looks a bit different to regular Scaly lorikeets, which has drawn the attention of my avian vet and a few of his lorikeet enthusiast buddies. We are currently trying to work out if he has been crossbred somewhere down the line with another kind of lorikeet, or if he is possibly some kind of newer mutation. Here he is, when he was roughly 11-12 weeks old:

 

[gemini84]

welcome to the forum, he is absolutely adorable.

 

[wenz2712]

and welcome to the forum
Margarita is very cute.

 

[faeryphoebe1]

What a cutey he is!

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Hi and welcome to the forum! I'm an Aussie too! I've never seen a lorikeet like that in the wild, but he is surely a cutie!

 

[mimi88]

Thank you for the sweet comments. Geez everyone has such beautiful birds from what I can see in your avatars, i'm in birdie heaven!!

 

[Thingamagigs]

Your bub is GORGEOUS!
Based on some orangey looking feathers around the neck it could be down from a hybrid pair some way back Do you have some better photos of the colours of the back and around the front of the neck?
I wouldn't be surprised if he/she is a down from a hybrid pairing, its not uncommon for them to be interbred for the pet trade. The hybrids can make some really pretty combos and that would also explain where the pied came from rainbow x scaly hybrids are fertile and can go on to produce bubs (like alexandrine and indian ringneck). And I believe when there is a mutation in one it makes it a great temptation to cross them to develop the mutation in the other species.

Either way, your bub appears to be either a very neatly highly marked single factor pied or a minimally marked double factor pied. I haven't seen a pied scaly in captivity before. Pied is very common in rainbows It could also be a nutritional issue that might pass with its first moult. I know its exciting but you will have to wait and see What colour were his flight feathers before they were snipped off?

 

[Mirlito]

Hi there and welcome to the forum, yes I know Lorikeets, loverly birds Really like your photos of Margarita, very cute!

 

[mimi88]

Cheers for the detailed reply Thingamagigs. Right now i'm replying from my phone in bed, I will write you out a detailed reply tomorrow with more pictures. He is currently going through some interesting changes. Will explain further tomorrow and thanks again

 

[aliray]

Welcome to the forum. Pretty bird and I love the name From her colors it looks like it fits her

 

[Narkissios]

Hi and welcome fellow aussie, stunning little bird you have there. Look forward to more photos.

 

[sunny36]

Ahoy there I'm an aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi too
aBsolutely gorgeous bird you have and so very cute