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Post by greyeagle1 on Jun 11, 2013 10:20:17 GMT 10
pic1.docx (79.58 KB) ![]() Here is her photo. To upload it I had to save as a word 2010 document. Let's see if I succeed in posting it.
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Post by avinet on Jun 11, 2013 11:34:02 GMT 10
View Attachment![]() Here is her photo. To upload it I had to save as a word 2010 document. Let's see if I succeed in posting it. It came through OK - although a somewhat original way of putting a photo up for us  The bird is a pied - and belongs to a varied group of cockatiels loosely called "Silver". I say loosely since there are possibly 8 different mutations all varying very slightly from each other, and which give that light grey colour. Interestingly it seems to have very pale feet with a black eye. Usually pale feet are accompanied by a red or plum coloured eye. If you took a flash photo with the camera directly looking straight at the eye, is the eye still black in the photo? In Australia we would probably call it a Pied Pastelsilver but that particular mutation isn't found in the USA so maybe the best choice is to just say it is Pied Silver Cockatiel. Whatever it's name is, it certainly is a lovely bird cheers, Mike |
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Post by Nymphicus on Jun 11, 2013 13:14:03 GMT 10
View Attachment![]() Here is her photo. To upload it I had to save as a word 2010 document. Let's see if I succeed in posting it. It came through OK - although a somewhat original way of putting a photo up for us Whatever it's name is, it certainly is a lovely bird cheers, Mike I agree with Mike on both counts.  |
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Post by greyeagle1 on Jun 12, 2013 2:28:54 GMT 10
Thank you both for the compliment on her. I'm not sure if her eyes would be black with the camera aimed directly at her. Please forgive me, I'm definately not very knowledgeable when it comes to cameras. I had someone else take the picture for me with her perched on my hand. However, I did notice that her eyes appear black when I first look at her, but when you look closer they seem to have a red tinge to them. Would this be some lutino in her? Her coloring is so unique.
I thought Sunkist would be an appropriate name since her plumage looks like someone took a paint brush and painted these splotches of sunny yellow all over her body.
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Post by zena on Jun 12, 2013 9:30:27 GMT 10
The red tinge is usually the plum coloured eyes- I've found that its usually only the actual plum colour when they're in the nest, or very young (You may correct me if I'm wrong, the only experiences with it I've had it baby doves...)
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Post by avinet on Jun 12, 2013 21:54:48 GMT 10
However, I did notice that her eyes appear black when I first look at her, but when you look closer they seem to have a red tinge to them. Would this be some lutino in her? Her coloring is so unique. That would be called a plum eye - as a baby the eye is a reddish colour but that soon goes to almost black and a an adult the red tinge becomes difficult to see. I am no clearer to what her mutation is though - she is a pied, and has a reduced amount of melanin in the feathers - the substance that causes the grey feathers. More melanin means darker feathers, no melanin gives white feathers. Cockatiels with reduced melanin are usually called Silver, or Dilute, but as I said before, there are a lot of different mutations within that broad name. Unusually she has pale feet, and plum eyes, both features that are usually missing in Silvers. So all I can give you as a name is a Pied Silver. If you ever breed with her it would be interesting to see what appears. My first suggestion as a mate would be a nice normal Pied male, If all the babies were normal pied then she is likely a recessive silver of some type. cheers, Mike |
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