If you need a picture, I will take one today you can see the color a little bit on the pictures I posted in my welcome.

 

Anyways, pretty has a peach spot on the back of his neck and a light band around the front of his chest. It is so light that you can miss it if you don't look close. I read the yellow on any part of the pied is then a clearflight? His wings were clipped when I purchased him so his tips have not yet come back. And it really is not yellow it looks very light peach. Is that common? And does that change the "name of his coloration"?

 

Thanks for you help

 

I'm not sure I've ever seen peach on a budgie before. A picture would be great. To determine whether you have a clearwing or a clearflight, what color are the long tailfeathers?

okay, here it looks more yellowish, but you can see the light band on his belly it is the same on back of his neck.

 

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0785.jpg

 

Side view you can see the light band and then there are his tail feathers

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0783.jpg

 

If you look at this one you can see it, I think this is without flash

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0744.jpg

Edited October 31, 200519 yr by lovey

He looks like a very cute recessive pied. I'd say he is clearwing also, since his tailfeathers will be white too. A clearflight will have completely white wings with the tail being of normal color.

 

Nerwen, Daz, or hath all have great mutations books so if they see this thread they can double check.

What a cute budgie! Looks a lot like my Piper who is also recessive pied.

okay, cool. Actually I got the information from your site eterri, you are bookmarked before I started posting to figure this little guy out . And I remember reading about clearflights & wings, so I figured I better just ask since he has that coloring on him. I saw Piper and though WOW he does look alot like Pretty and yours is a girl, so I figured he was too .

 

Read and Read the information about ceres but still couldn't figure out boy or girl. I need a better eye for the whole recessive pied sexing So I posted before, mainly boy, some said wait for a molt. Behavior is so girl though...mainly very quiet but chirps a lot more then warbling but he does that too but quietly. Not a biter though...

Gender stuff can be tricky, but for comparison, here is Piper's cere (left) when she was a baby compared to Paris's (right):

 

 

I think yours is a boy. The color is so even and uninterrupted, no sign of white. But sometimes they can fool us so time will tell as you said.

very cute

 

I wouldn't call that colour peach. The only thing I can lean towards is a very faded yellowface. If that is the case then the yellow colouring will spread over the bird with each moult.

With all in my head it's either that or he is dirty

 

also yes it looks like a clearflight to me.

Edited November 1, 200519 yr by Nerwen

I need to take a picture of the back of his neck it really looks peach - I will try today. But peach does it come in budgies? I was thinking no?

 

Yes I thought he was dirty too but after a good spritz it stayed (Laughing out loud) so he is not a dirty bird. So would that mean that his face and body after so many molts could be a faded yellow? Or just blotched with the color?

He'll molt into a clean white. Piper used to look dirty too.

Cool thank you

He'll molt into a clean white. Piper used to look dirty too.

 

That if he is simply dirty

 

IF he does have the parblue 2 gene (yellowface) then he could eaither molut to an even yellow or be spotty. It's all up in the air really.

 

And no peach doesn't come in budgies no one has found the red colour in them at all. The dream for many is to bred a pink budgie. I would love a shot of the back if that is where it is strongest. If you can both with and with out a flash.

I can just see the yellow in the first picture. If you hadn't said any thing I would have said a Sky blue or Colbalt Recessive pied.

 

Nerwen I think you mean Parblue 1 (yellowfaced)

 

Nerwen please explain to me again the Clearflight or do you mean Clearwing. (Dilute)

okay, will work on the picture today..

okay, taking a picture of the back of his head is hard (Laughing out loud) he keeps turning his head so I took a picture while he was in his cage. No flash...

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0829.jpg

 

Another back picture with flash, it is not as noticable more on the side

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0823.jpg

 

Today a front picture of him...not a good one but you can see the band

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/elly1210/100_0828.jpg

 

I hope this helps

Oh yes Daz it would be one since the colour isn't mixing with the blue

I can see the colour on the neck in the first one, but I want to put out to others that you cn see the reddy plum colour of the eye from the recessive gene

 

I think we are all going to have to wait for the next moult and see if more yellow appears or it goes away. I noticed the bottom of the cage is yellow does he run along it beg to get out at any time?

 

 

Nerwen please explain to me again the Clearflight or do you mean Clearwing. (Dilute)

Clearflight is having all white or all yellow flight wings. Mostly found on pied birds.

Oh yes Daz it would be one since the colour isn't mixing with the blue

I can see the colour on the neck in the first one, but I want to put out to others that you cn see the reddy plum colour of the eye from the recessive gene

 

I think we are all going to have to wait for the next moult and see if more yellow appears or it goes away. I noticed the bottom of the cage is yellow does he run along it beg to get out at any time?

 

 

Nerwen please explain to me again the Clearflight or do you mean Clearwing. (Dilute)

Clearflight is having all white or all yellow flight wings. Mostly found on pied birds.

 

Good eye on the reddy plum colour I would have never picked that up the novice I am and because I didn't use the flash we know it is not red eye.

 

The bottom of the cage is plastic and older so there is no rubbing off of color. And no to both, he doesn't even go down there.

 

So is that peach or yellow just wait for the next moult?

 

Thanks for all your help

It's still more of a cream to me

Thank about the cage have to cover all bases

 

I can think any more than what I have stated I guess this is another wait them out ans see deals.

okay cool, I forgot about the color cream , so we will just wait

I would call him a recessive sky blue, not a whiteflight. Whiteflights are of a dominant nature and should have the white spot on the back of its head..

 

Your bird is recessive.. And very gorgeous.

Thank you Lady

thats okay!!!..

Edited November 6, 200519 yr by Lady

His belly looks like blues head after hes playing with his chew toy that has red food dye in it

I would say it would be a rub off if he played with his toys but I am sure he will soon.