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can someone help me figure out what my birds are....other then budgies...(Laughing out loud)

 

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Edited February 11, 200619 yr by Rainbow

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can someone help me figure out what my birds are....other then budgies...lol

I am new to this but I have one of each of these. The blue I believe is a sky blue greywing and your green budgie is a grey/green ?

Edited February 11, 200619 yr by Rainbow

thank-you for telling me what they are but it makes no sense to me....i think i may have some more reading ahead of me.

I think the green one is a normal dark green (but as you said budgiebird a gray/green it could be - still learning this one) and the blue one is I agree with you.

 

What she is saying is these are the mutations of your birds or the coloration, you can go to eterri's site, www.budgietalk.com, and click on mutations from her menu, it gives you a basic crash course on different colorations of budgies

 

I know someone with more expertise will come along and correct us or tell us if we are right.

 

They are both gorgeous.

They are very pretty birds. I think your green one is an olive, and may be opaline too, looking at the edging color of the wing feathers. The blue is a skyblue, probably with some dilute factors. The wings look too light (to me) to be a greywing, but I could be wrong.

 

Is there another blue bird in the background? Something looks odd about him...was he moving when the picture was taken maybe?

Here is my sky blue grey wing and here is my grey green Also here is a link for some info http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.joinery/Colours.htm

grey green and olve look almost the same so it's a bit hard to tell. On your bird does it have a slight grey tinge to the feathers around the vent or under the wings? That might point to a grey green rather than olive if it does. And Rainbow I think opaline too looking at the wings.

 

What does this means?: Grey-green or olive is talking about the colour on the body of the bird Opaline is talking about the wings and how the edges of the shell patterns are the same colour as the body rather than yellow.

 

As to the bue I would say greywing, I don't think they are light enough for clearwing.

 

What does this mean?: The blue is simply s/he is blue in colour the greywing is talkinga bout the wings that are a grey colour rather than the normal black found on budgies.

Hi Candacelast.

1. The light winged bird is a greywing meaning the normally black markings are lighter in this type of Budgie

2. The second bird is called " Olive or Grey green " they are the result of in the family line at some stage one of the Parents or Grandparents was a Grey coloured Budgie this changes the green also it fines up the feathers " Exhibition breeders and Show breeders do mate witheither Greys and Cinnamons to improve the feather Texture....

 

 

If you see a black bird please reply Doc ( Black or red Budgerigars Regards )

Edited February 12, 200619 yr by Docca

wow thnx for the info...so much to learn on such lil birds...

 

If you see a black bird please reply Doc

are you refering to the red winged black bird?

we have many of them here in the wild....beautiful birds...

Olive and grey greens are not the same, olive is a green bird with TWO darkfactors. A grey green is as you said a bird with a grey gene and a green gene (okay Daz a yellow gene ) matched with a blue you get visual greys.

Olive and grey greens are not the same, olive is a green bird with TWO darkfactors. A grey green is as you said a bird with a grey gene and a green gene (okay Daz a yellow gene ) matched with a blue you get visual greys.

Hi Guys I call the darker green series birds either Laurels , dark greens ( or Gerkins for fun )no seriously

The double factored Olives you are describing are quite an unusal bird....and you are correct cheers Nerwen

 

:ausb:I was describing what I call grey greens ( deleting the grey terminology and very slack of me)

Regards Doc

Edited February 12, 200619 yr by Docca

I understand now. Glad we are on the same track just different names.