Olive face cockatiel

[eugenelane]

Hi, My breading cockatiels have had a chick that has an olive colored face. The father is a standard grey and the mother is Cinnamon.
They have had 3 lutino chicks before having this olive faced and a sibling that is a lutino. I have not found any pictures of cockatiels that look like this one online.

[marieandchirpy]

Jan 31, 2011 18:28:12 GMT -5 eugenelane said:

Hi, My breading cockatiels have had a chick that has an olive colored face. The father is a standard grey and the mother is Cinnamon.
They have had 3 lutino chicks before having this olive faced and a sibling that is a lutino. I have not found any pictures of cockatiels that look like this one online.

Olive is a relatively rare mutation, and hardly seen outside of a breeders aviary or a show. It is a bird that is a pale grey color, with a heavy yellow �wash' giving a distinct green-ish tone. There is a wide variation in the shades of the olive mutation, some being very pale and others quite a dark olive color. The olive cockatiels have a scalloped pattern in their feathers, with the outer edges of each feather being darker than the centers, making each feather seem outlined in a faint scalloped design.

www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/cockatielmutations.php

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