My new bird Spangle Cockatiel

[Toybox Aviaries]

Here are some photo's of my new cockatiel, I brought him as a spangle from Maureen Blair in Queensland, He is the lightes spangle I have, He looks a bit like what they are calling Olive

shawn

[lovemytiels]

Very nice indeed Shawn. Muareen Blair has great tiels, so you have got yourself a beauty, well done. The spangle is a beautiful bird in the tiels. Cheers Anna

[leeroy]

hi shawn, the bird looks from the foto to me a hen? does your bird have dots etc under its wings? may be it is a young bird & has not had its adult molt yet ps. you mentioned HIM? it looks a mature bird & is split pied as well . breeding season is near by, good luck, confusion rains with these birds & olive(aka emeralds) in usa? leeroy

[hillcresttiels]

A well known breeder swears to me that the the Olives have derived from the Spangles and when you look at this bird you do see a resemblance he is currently placing a spangle to an olive so will be interested to see the outcome! He also mentioned that he has a Cinnamon Olive and when placed beside a Pastel Silver look very identical so will be interesting to see what develops in the future! And I must say Shawn I agree with Leeroy that the bird at this stage looks like a hen and is definitely carrying Pied There has been a lot of discussion about fertility with hens prior to 4yrs of age so lets hope your bird is fertile and gives you promising results cheers

Frank

[Toybox Aviaries]

Thanks Anna, Leeroy and Frank, For your advice on my new spangle cockatiel, He was sold to me as a cockbird, and I pretty sure it is, On the way he is displaying himself to the other birds, I had a look under his wing, And he has no spots, He is only 7 months old, When I get my camera back, I will take a better photo of him, His colour is different to my other spangle birds I have and on his chest area it is real greeny looking, Since having the spangle's I often wonder if the so called Olive is a yellow suffused Spangle, Just a thought!!