Pied Sunnies - Whats the difference?

[kebz]

Can someone tell me the difference between a pied sun conure and a normal one?

Thanks

[Robyn]

Hope this helps.

[sypher]

Am I right in saying that the green is mostly replaced with yellow Robyn? They are an excellent looking bird.

Shaun

[Robyn]

Yes your right Shaun, almost. I am working for a better looking bird. I am trying for an almost all yellow bird. Have more eggs at the moment so i might just jag a really good one.

Fingers crossed.

Robyn.

[sypher]

Good luck with it Robyn.

[Damo]

Good Luck..

[kebz]

Thanks i thought it might have been something like this but wasnt too sure.

[Robyn]

The pic above is of one of the best i have bred to date. that bird has had it 6 month moult and it almost has no green on the wings at all. So hopefully by the time the next moult it will look good. Also have one with a full yellow tail.
Very interesting to work with because no chick looks the same. They all have a different degree of pied.
Robyn.

[Laraine]

Please explain..............are you trying to get a pure yellow Sunny? Pardon my ignorance. Not sure what is meant by pied. I thought pied was mixed colours.

[kebz]

I just wanted to know the difference as i didnt know..

And i though mango might ahve been pied but he definately isnt. lol He has a lot of green. The reason i thought this was because when i got him, his back wasnt covered in green feathers like most babies (unless they lied to me about his age..lol)

I personally dont like the Pied ones.. the green and blues in sunnies are very beautiful.

but as u can see he has lots of green and blue

[Robyn]

Kebz, i thought that it was possible Mango had pied in him when you first got him. Because of the amount of yellow on his wings.

Laraine, i don't think pied is the correct word to use for these birds. The sunnies i have are from the WA Golden Sun Conure which are a stunning looking bird that is all yellow/orange with a normal colored tail & clear cream flights. There is no green at all on the bird. At the moment i am getting a small amount of lime green through the feathers & some of the flights have color in them. When i have a cage of normal suns & one of the pied all the pied would certainly sell first.

[Laraine]

Aaah Thanks for explaining Robyn, I was getting confused.

[kebz]

Well most sunnies when the are bubbies have nearly their whole back green, where as mango didnt. So thats where i might have thought he was pied.




These are pics the first day i brang him home

I believe he has more green feathers in his wings than he does in those pics..
I was told he was 3 months when i got him...

[Robyn]

I would say the age is spot on when you got him. By the age of 3 he will look a lot brighter. I am reasonably sure with Mango you have what they call an east coast pied.
Does he have any odd colored flight feathers.

Robyn.

[kebz]

Some of his flight feathers have white bits at the end...

oh and he is already very bright. will he still get brighter?

[Damo]

Kebz all i can say you got one really lovely sun conure I have a handreared pair all i can say they are aggressive, cant go in the aviary without getting dive bombed or bit on the nose or ear haha they do have 3 eggs so dont blame them and there other baby was taken of them so they do have the right to.

[kebz]

Robyn, what kind of strange colours would you see in the flight feathers if he was a pied?

[Robyn]

Emily, just checked out Mango's pic's & the color in his flights are an indication that he has pied in his background. Sometimes the flights look a bit dirty looking, same as in the pic. He also has a touch of yellow under his tail on the tips of the feathers. Sometimes they have white toe nails. He could very well loose a bit more green from his wings as he gets older. They always say a sunnie looks its best when its fully matured & its right. But a pied or golden sun conure is absolutely beautiful.

I hope i answered everything.

Cheers,

Robyn.

[kebz]

Hi Robyn,
The yellow in the tip of his tail has only come through since he has molted.. a lady on another forum has a sunni who has nearly a whole yellow tail..

What colour are flight feathers on a normal sunnie? Do they have the white parts?

[Robyn]

Emily this is a description of a normal Sun Conure: General plumage yellow, variably tinged with orange on forehead, sides of head, lower abdomen, rump & lower back; under tail-coverts tinged with yellow variably marked with green; secondary coverts green; outer webs of primary coverts blue; primaries secondaries green, former becoming blue towards the tips; upperside of tail olive tipped with blue; undersids of tail & flight feathers olive-grey.

Hope this helps,

Robyn.