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My Strange Budgie!

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Dragonfly-sky
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This is My new Budige.

 

Who can tell me?It's Opaline?Dominant Pied?or Clearbody?

 

Thank you very much!

 

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*edit* Pictures changed to links. 450 x 450 max size allowed.

Edited by Daz

I say opaline here is why

 

Dominant pied maybe I so see the splotches indicating pied, does he have a pied spot on the back of his head too?

 

Texas Clearbdoy has a clear body completely and normal wing marking.

 

Opaline you can see the definite V shape on the back of the neck and the body color running through the wings.

 

Gorgeous boy

very handsome boy and such vivid colours.Not that good on genes but what a gorgeous bird.

Nice bird…definitely some kind of opaline, but the flecks of green on the yellow is unusual, as that would suggest some kind of pied, but if it had that much influence from pied, on the body, you would expect some pied makings in the wings.

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Nice bird…definitely some kind of opaline, but the flecks of green on the yellow is unusual, as that would suggest some kind of pied, but if it had that much influence from pied, on the body, you would expect some pied makings in the wings.

 

:angel1:

That is why I said he is a strange budgie's reason.

My guess and my first impression is Opaline clearbody.

There's another type of clearbody, it could be that.

I'm still saying that it's opaline clearbody... :P

The birds body colour and type looks like it could be, its just the flights that throw me off. Strange :P

I am still going with Opaline with possible pied markings

 

If you go to this post Bea put together you can click on the opaline mutation for comparison http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=14564

 

Kaz is right the wings should be a deep black colour on a yellow ground. The flight feathers, on the wing, should be light grey.

The birds body colour and type looks like it could be, its just the flights that throw me off. Strange :P

 

 

Kaz is right the wings should be a deep black colour on a yellow ground. The flight feathers, on the wing, should be light grey.

 

What if it were the other type of clearbody? I think it's easly clearbody or something like that...? Do they also have the grey flights?

 

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A little bit of detective work, (Laughing out loud), here's a picture of an easley clearbody:

easley.jpg

I think that's what you're birdy is! :P It's the bird on the right. Clearly it's got dark flights.

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I am going to research the other one right now

 

Here is what I found and MODS I have to use a link because I can't find it anywhere else on the site :Phttp://www.budgerigars.co.uk/rares/clbodies/kevin.html

 

This mutation is sex-linked and recessive to the wild type, but has an unusual relationship to the Ino mutation to which it is dominant. Because of this many individuals are mating Clearbodies to Inos to increase their production of these birds. However this generates two types of Clearbody cocks, the pure bred (double factors) and the split inos (single factors). When paired together clearbodies breed like any other sex linked mutation.

 

In the first case it is impossible to tell which are pure Clearbody cocks and in the second case only half the cocks are split Clearbody despite being bred from a visual Clearbody.

 

Is this the other clearbody because it would still be the same visually?

 

 

 

OR is this the other Clearbody?

 

The present Easley Clearbody (referred to sometimes as Laced Clearbody) generally has jet black wing markings, flight feathers, tail feathers and mask spots because of the excess black melanin. Their cheek patches are a shade of grey/silver regardless of their body colour. The body colour also tends to have less suffusion as found with the Texas mutation. However, Tom Easley did say that the cheek patches of the original stock were pale violet.

http://www.bestofbreeds.net/al-nasser/article8.htm

 

Either way this bird still doesn't fit the description of the Clearbody because of the pied like marking on the front where it should be completely clear

 

Bea I think we posted it around the same time (Laughing out loud)

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OR is this the other Clearbody?

 

The present Easley Clearbody (referred to sometimes as Laced Clearbody) generally has jet black wing markings, flight feathers, tail feathers and mask spots because of the excess black melanin. Their cheek patches are a shade of grey/silver regardless of their body colour. The body colour also tends to have less suffusion as found with the Texas mutation. However, Tom Easley did say that the cheek patches of the original stock were pale violet.

http://www.bestofbreeds.net/al-nasser/article8.htm

 

Either way this bird still doesn't fit the description of the Clearbody because of the pied like marking.

That's the one i'm talking about. I posted the piccy of the easley clearbody in my post above. The only thing that doesn't really match is the cheek patches. They're not silver/grey/violet as the article describes.

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or the splotches of green pied markings too I don't see that on Easley Clearbody

or the splotches of green pied markings too I don't see that on Easley Clearbody

Could just be that it's poorly marked though. It's definitely a confusing budgie! :P

:P who knows but the Easley mutation being a rare mutation I don't think you could just pick it out of a shop or a breeders. Where did you get this budgies if I may ask? :D

 

I would think you would find this mutation being rare more in exhibition bugies, at bird shows. Just trying to use my common sense I supposed :P.

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or the splotches of green pied markings too I don't see that on Easley Clearbody

Could just be that it's poorly marked though. It's definitely a confusing budgie! :P

 

 

Yes,It's really a confusing budgie!

I think I'm lucky enough!I will take good care of it.

:P who knows but the Easley mutation being a rare mutation I don't think you could just pick it out of a shop or a breeders. Where did you get this budgies if I may ask? :D

 

I would think you would find this mutation being rare more in exhibition bugies, at bird shows. Just trying to use my common sense I supposed :P.

 

 

Well that's not necessarily true.. I wouldn't consider the Fallow extremely rare, but I would think that it's rare enough, but I got my fallow from a pet shop. Though he is of a pet size, but I wouldn't say that I've come across another one in the pet shop ever!

I don't think fallows are as rare as they used to be. The Easley Clearbody many of us have not even heard of and when you do a search it is very hard to find infomation about them.

 

The Texas Clearbody's we have heard more of them, they are described more and are more popular even according to the article.

 

(don't mean to argue just debate :P - maybe Nerwen when she stops in or even Daz could give their thoughts too).

 

Yes a very lucky budgie indeed :P

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