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Just wondering what colours aren't the norm with budgies?

Pictures would be great too :D

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Well, there is no such thing as a black budgie or a red one. None that are pink. If you want to see all the types there are we have heaps in out mutations section with photos :D

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Normal color for a budgie is iridescent green body, a yellow head with black barring, and a dark blue/teal tail. Any other color is technically a mutation, although these mutations have been around for some time now so colors like blue seem normal. :D

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Are you asking about mutations or colours? all colours (that budgies can be) are fairly common, mutations on the other hand, you don't see alot of DEC's or saddlebacks...

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Good point Jimmy, it could be confusing to think of a color as a mutation since we tend to think of a mutation as being a pied, DEC, etc. I think technically any variance from the norm is a mutation, so blue would be a mutation from the normal green. Merriam-Webster defines mutation as: 1. a significant and basic alteration.....3. a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up the genes...an individual strain or trait resulting from a mutation

 

In the wild any color other than green would be not normal.

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