is there a difference between blue and turquise gcc?

[ConureLady]

My boyfriend wants a true blue gcc... and all i keep finding are turquoise.
we were trying to figure out if there is a real blue mutation that is different from the turquoise or are they just labeling one mutation into two different color groups?

 

[MollyGreenCheeks]

To my knowledge there is no such thing as a Blue GCC. You are correct that there is a Turquoise GCC.

 

[Kantia]

I don't know if it's different in the UK and the US, but here in the UK when I got Tich he was labelled as a 'green cheek blue bodied conure'. Bit of a mouthful! But no, there is no different other than the words.

 

[MonicaMc]

So far, there is no blue mutation in green cheeks, not even in the UK... they are still turquoise! Hard to say if there will ever be a true blue mutation or not though...


Peachface lovebirds do not have a blue mutation, but they have two par-blue mutations.

Budgies have 3 different par-blue mutations and a blue mutation.

Cockatiels have one par-blue mutation and one blue mutation.

Indian ringnecks have one par-blue mutation and one blue mutation.



I would love to see a true-blue GCC someday!