okay it's a couple of days later then I said (sorry) But here is another quiz/test for those of you that wanted one.

 

For each picture shown guess what colour and variety the bird is.

 

1.

 

2. the one on the left but feel free to guess the other too

 

3. just the one on the right

 

4.

 

5.

 

6. this one is hard to see but try it if you want a challenge

 

Good luck all

1. mauve normal (possible grey...but hard to tell by the photo )

2. skyblue recessive pied

3. green clearwing

4 skyblue opaline

5.yellowface type 2 spangle

6.Golden face green opaline spangle

 

score: 5

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

1. colbolt opaline

2. sky blue recessive pied

3. light green clearwing

4. sky blue opaline

5. yellowface type 2 sky blue spangle

6. goldenface green opaline spangle clear wing

 

score: 3 1/2

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

1. mauve normal

2. skyblue danish pied

3. yellow clearwing (or should it be green clearwing?)

4. cobalt opaline

5. golden face skyblue spangle

6. no idea

 

 

Feathers.

 

 

 

score: 4 1/2

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

1. Normal Mauve

2. Skyblue recessive pied and YellowFace 2 recessive pied mauve

3. light green clearwing

4. Opaline Violet (and I say Violet because it looks like Merlin's colors when washed out by the flash) if not violet then cobalt.

5. Yellow Face 2 Spangle

6. Golden Face Opaline Spangle

 

score: 6

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

okay here goes...

 

1. Normal Mauve

2. Both are recessives. Left is skyblue recessive pied and the one on the right is a grey recessive pied although I couldn't tell properly if it had a yellow face or not?

3. Light Green Cinnamon Wing

4. Skyblue Opaline

5. Type 2 Yellowface skyblue spangle

6. Type 2 Yellowface light green clearwing opaline

 

score: 3

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

1... normal mauve... could be grey, but I can't really see the tail or the cheek patches to tell.

2... Skyblue recessive pied

3... Light green clearwing spangle

4... cobalt opaline

5... yellowface II spangle cobalt... (that's my little miss Bossy!! :glare: )

6... Goldenface opaline spangle

 

score: 5 1/2

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

1). Normal Mauve

2). Ressecive Pied Skyblue (one on the right a "Yellow Faced Type 2 Ressecive Pied"

3). Clearwing Light Green

4). Opaline Skyblue (possibley one dark factor)

5). Yellow Faced Type 2 Skyblue Spangle

6). Yellow Faced Type 2 Spangle Light Green

 

:hap:

 

score: 4

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

Here's my try.

1. Mauve, normal

2.Recessive pied Sky blue

3.Lt green Opaline clearwing

4, sky blue opaline

5. YFII Spangle

6. Lt Green clear flight spangle.

 

Did I learn anything yet?! :hap:

 

score: 3 1/2

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

Answers:

 

1. Mauve Normal

2. Recessive Pied sky blue (the other looks YellowFace 2 recessive pied mauve to me)

3. Green Clearwing

4. Opaline Cobalt

5. Spangle Yellowface type 2 cobalt (cheeta gave that one away )

6. Goldenface Opaline Spangle

Edited December 31, 200618 yr by Nerwen

Yay, I got all mine right ... but I didn't do number 6.

Nerwen, can I just ask to see if clearwings actually has clear tails as well? because it looks very much like a spangle tails there. I am just wondering that's alll because I originally thought that it was only a clearwings, but after studying the picture, I thought that it had clear tails and that the wings are much too yellow to be clearwings. but of course thats just my understanding. Just wanted to find out if clearwings had cleartails as well. cheers.

The tail to me looks like the pale gray of the flight feathers.

 

okay one that I thought was easy might not be

 

Link to Clearwing: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=12635

 

Link to Greywings: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=12634

 

Comparison:

http://www.mastecbase1.com/pht/indexhi.html

 

The greywing with the gray tail is what I was remembering when I picked this picture.

I am tending to lean toward what Cheeta said about Spangle too and this is why.

 

1. The tail looks white to me like a spangle and per the link you provided it says

 

Note that the Clear Wings has violet cheek patches, dark blue tail feathers and full body colour.

 

A Spangle with no markings on the wings can be mistaken with a Clear Wing, but the latter differ in cheek patches and tail feathers.

 

This bird does not have real dark cheek patches or a dark blue tail - so that could throw a wrench in the genetic thoughts right?

Lovey and I were chatting and going back and forth on different pictures and though it may seem petty , I just have to wrap my mind around it.

 

Here are my thoughts... You know how the spangle gene reverses the pattern on the bird's wings making them much more yellow/white, and I thought with the spangle gene coupling with the clearwings, that would give that effect of a green bird with an almost pure yellow wings or a blue/grey bird with an almost pure white wing.

Lovey sent me a link for pics of clearwings while we were chatting away... http://www.budgieplace.com/colors.html (click on dilution), as you can see the wings are still greyish, not almost pure yellow.

 

So together with the wing pattern/colour, and also the tail looking fairly white/yellow on my monitor for bird number three, I thought that there's a possibility of clearwing combined with spangle gene in the bird.

 

of course if I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to change and learn all that is to learn.. afterall I'm here to learn and this whole budgie genetics thing can get so very confusing!! (Laughing out loud)

Sorry for not answering here for ages :bluebudgie: I admit I'm not 100% on the Mutation here. I simply found the pictures and believe I had them worked out :dbb1: I can see the point of this being a spangle as well and it seems to match.

Is it okay if I try this? (Laughing out loud)

I can't see why not. Go for it.

As long as you didn't look at the answers Joey go ahead

(Laughing out loud) i didnt get a chance either...i swear i did NOT look at the answers...

 

This is what i think, in order...

 

mauve normal female

skyblue recessive pied, yellow face mauve recessive pied

light green clearwing

skyblue or cobalt opaline hen (hard to tell since flash is on)

yellow face blue type II spangle

light green opaline clearwing spangle

 

How did i do? Now ill look at answers then come see how i did...

 

Kirby

 

Answers:

 

1. Mauve Normal

2. Recessive Pied sky blue (the other looks YellowFace 2 recessive pied mauve to me)

3. Green Clearwing

4. Opaline Cobalt

5. Spangle Yellowface type 2 cobalt (cheeta gave that one away )

6. Goldenface Opaline Spangle

 

WHIPEEEE!!! :) I WAS RIGHT!!! Except i said it was a light green opaline spangle, and shes a goldenface?

 

Kirbs!

Edited January 7, 200718 yr by Kirby

You also put clearwing in the last one which isn't right. But 5 out of 6 is great

(Laughing out loud)

 

I thoguth so becuase you can't see any markings...

 

Kirby

Well i only got 2 right

 

I will attempt to do better next time... I don't get golden face?? How do you tell the difference?

 

This was fun.. can you do us another one??

 

Hugs*Andrea

Golden face is used when the bird look almost like a normal green, while yellowface is used when you can see patches of green and blue.