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MUTATIONS OF GREEN CHEEKED CONURES
Written in 2020 by Rozalka and translated in 2022 (with some changes)
Personally I recognize mutations a bit different (especially the rare ones), because when in the first moment I donāt know what is the mutation, I try to use the knowledge how mutations affect plumage (I donāt always do it, sometimes itās too hard). Iāve never seen anybody to recognize mutations in the same way, but to my surprise Iāve recognized some rare mutation combinations correctly, not knowing how they look like before.
Ps. Because not everybody knows it ā standard is not a mutation. All mutation descriptions are how nominate version (standard) is changed.
Parrot color division (I will be using these names to describe mutations, so itās a āmini-dictioneryā):
- related to psttacins ā yellow, orange, red, pink etc. In general (among all parrot species) a mutation which stops psittacins production (so mentioned colors canāt appear in their plumage) is called as blue. Itās not bred yet among green cheeked conures. Note: in some parrot species the name āblueā isnāt suitable to their plumage and they have changed name ā eg. Nobody says āblue cockatielā but āwhite facedā (both forms are correct).
- related to melanin ā blue, black, grey, brown etc. A mutation which āblocksā melanin production exists too and itās called as lutino.
The above colors may be mixed between different types ā the most common mix is blue with yellow and we get green then. White is in plumage when there are no other colors. This is why albino (combination of blue and lutino) is always white.
Yellow-sided (opaline)
Generally itās a change of already existing colors. This is why some birds have less or more red. These ones with big amount of red have own names such as redface or (extreme) high red yellow sided.
Cinnamon
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
All colors are more pale. Even beak and legs are pale. The most characteristic is head because it has light grey cap (while nominate ā black).
Turquoise
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
Itās a parblue mutation ā all colors related to psittacins are reduced, but they still are visible in the plumage (thatās why it isnāt a real blue mutation). It means that feathers are a bit greenish (thatās why itās called āturquiseā).
American dilute
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
This mutation reduces colors related to melanin, but it isnāt āparlutinoā. It isnāt so popular like mutations aboth, but Iāve seen here on forum people with them. They are yellowish (but not so yellow like lutino), they still have a bit of grey on their beak.
Other mutation examples:
Other mutation photos:
pied (source: www.gencalc.com/gen/gallery.php?post=0&sp=PyrGrCh&ver=1&mut=s)
misty (source: www.gencalc.com/gen/gallery.php?post=0&sp=PyrGrCh&ver=1&mut=Mt)
lutino
Combinations
Each mutation has own inheritance way and it is possible to get a bird with two or more mutations. It means that all features of these mutations affect the plumage. There is a possibility that one mutation would ācoverā another mutation (among 4 most common mutations there are no such cases). I mean that such combination like pied lutino canāt exist because lutino makes all melanin colors disappearing and pied does the same but only in some plumage areas ā so this mutation has ānothing to doā next to lutino (but genetically such combination is possible ā just isnāt visible). Some combinations have own names. In the case of green cheeked conures there are few of them:
Some combination names with lutino (they are used in any parrot species):
Few combination photos:
Pineapple (source: www.gencalc.com/gen/gallery.php?post=0&sp=PyrGrCh&ver=1&mut=cin)
Turquoise cinnamon (source: www.gencalc.com/gen/gallery.php?post=0&sp=PyrGrCh&ver=1&mut=cin)
Creamino (source: https://www.pyrrhuras.net/en/albums/mutations/green-cheeked-conure-lutino-creme-ino)
MUTATIONS OF GREEN CHEEKED CONURES
Written in 2020 by Rozalka and translated in 2022 (with some changes)
Personally I recognize mutations a bit different (especially the rare ones), because when in the first moment I donāt know what is the mutation, I try to use the knowledge how mutations affect plumage (I donāt always do it, sometimes itās too hard). Iāve never seen anybody to recognize mutations in the same way, but to my surprise Iāve recognized some rare mutation combinations correctly, not knowing how they look like before.
Ps. Because not everybody knows it ā standard is not a mutation. All mutation descriptions are how nominate version (standard) is changed.
Parrot color division (I will be using these names to describe mutations, so itās a āmini-dictioneryā):
- related to psttacins ā yellow, orange, red, pink etc. In general (among all parrot species) a mutation which stops psittacins production (so mentioned colors canāt appear in their plumage) is called as blue. Itās not bred yet among green cheeked conures. Note: in some parrot species the name āblueā isnāt suitable to their plumage and they have changed name ā eg. Nobody says āblue cockatielā but āwhite facedā (both forms are correct).
- related to melanin ā blue, black, grey, brown etc. A mutation which āblocksā melanin production exists too and itās called as lutino.
The above colors may be mixed between different types ā the most common mix is blue with yellow and we get green then. White is in plumage when there are no other colors. This is why albino (combination of blue and lutino) is always white.
Yellow-sided (opaline)
Generally itās a change of already existing colors. This is why some birds have less or more red. These ones with big amount of red have own names such as redface or (extreme) high red yellow sided.
Cinnamon
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
All colors are more pale. Even beak and legs are pale. The most characteristic is head because it has light grey cap (while nominate ā black).
Turquoise
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
Itās a parblue mutation ā all colors related to psittacins are reduced, but they still are visible in the plumage (thatās why it isnāt a real blue mutation). It means that feathers are a bit greenish (thatās why itās called āturquiseā).
American dilute
Source: http://www.avianresources.com/portfolio/green-cheeked-conure-mutations/
This mutation reduces colors related to melanin, but it isnāt āparlutinoā. It isnāt so popular like mutations aboth, but Iāve seen here on forum people with them. They are yellowish (but not so yellow like lutino), they still have a bit of grey on their beak.
Other mutation examples:
- Violet factor: warning ā the real violet is dark green (usually itās called as āgreenvioletā). The name āvioletā comes from budgies ā after combinating this mutation with blue, their plumage is close to violet.
- Pied (only some plumage places lack psittacins)
- Lutino
- Misty (dark, simillar to greenviolet but even more rare)
- Red factor (quite simillar to yellow sided)
- Fallow
Other mutation photos:
Combinations
Each mutation has own inheritance way and it is possible to get a bird with two or more mutations. It means that all features of these mutations affect the plumage. There is a possibility that one mutation would ācoverā another mutation (among 4 most common mutations there are no such cases). I mean that such combination like pied lutino canāt exist because lutino makes all melanin colors disappearing and pied does the same but only in some plumage areas ā so this mutation has ānothing to doā next to lutino (but genetically such combination is possible ā just isnāt visible). Some combinations have own names. In the case of green cheeked conures there are few of them:
- Pineapple = yellow sided cinnamon
- Mint = turquoise dilute
- Opamint = yellow sided turquoise dilute
- Cinnamint = cinnamon turquoise dilute
- Suncheek = yellow sided cinnamon dilute
- Mooncheek = yellow sided cinnamon turquoise dilute
Some combination names with lutino (they are used in any parrot species):
- Creamino = turquoise lutino
- Lacewing (?) = cinnamon lutino (to be honest Iāve never heard about such combination among GCCās but genetically it is possible)
Few combination photos:
