I've been reading through a lot of posts to try and figure out my budgie's colors but i don't think i have a very good grasp for all the genetics. If possible could someone tell me their proper color names...

 

 

 

 

 

don't have the best pics of these two

 

Thanks

Edited February 16, 200619 yr by Pika

Giving a guess..(greywings and clearwings still have me a bit)

Let's see if I win the prize (Laughing out loud)

 

Green Clearwing

Sky Blue Clearwing]

Recessive Sky Blue Pied (or it could be a double factor dominant - if he gets an iris ring or blue cere)

I would say Greywing for both (the markings on the wings are not that light)

 

I would really think the white one is a recessive pied.

here is the reason I said clear wing help me out Nerwen (please), I read that greywings their body is diluted 50% is that correct or is that misinformation, and that the clearwings have a bright body color. Help me clarify , thanks. As for the green one duh yes he looks diluted now that I look at it again, the blue looks bright or is that the flash? okay....enough blah blah..will wait for your answer

 

coming back and meaning she (I always say he )

Edited February 16, 200619 yr by lovey

Ideally, Greywings have the wing feathers diluted about 50%, but the body color should be almost that of a normal. There are lighter and darker greywings. I think the two I have are pretty good representatives of greywings. You can compare her with a bird with normal black markings here and here. Your white hen looks like she has some blue near her legs, so I'd guess she is pied. Your blue one I would say is a dilute, and the green one could possibly be a dilute also.

Edited February 17, 200619 yr by Rainbow

Rainbow carfully with just saying Dilute since that is what the third level of this gene is called. So are you thinking they are grey wings or dilute?

 

Body colour depth shouldn't change in either greywings or clearwings, but that always doesn't happen while breeding.

so the real difference is that greywings are of course grey but even a very light gray can be a graywing and clear wings are white? Just trying to make sense in my head to id them when I see them.

 

One more thing, went back and you said recessive pied - DUH to me, I see the cere is totally female..I have to learn to catch those little things that ID their mutation. **shaking my head**

Edited February 17, 200619 yr by lovey

Rainbow carfully with just saying Dilute since that is what the third level of this gene is called. So are you thinking they are grey wings or dilute?

 

Body colour depth shouldn't change in either greywings or clearwings, but that always doesn't happen while breeding.

 

I'm thinking dilute (beyond greywing, poorly marked clearwing). It may be the flash, but the shell markings seem too light to be a greywing. But if the wings are darker and the flash just washes them out, maybe greywing depending upon the depth of grey. Body color looks diluted to me, but then again, it may just be the flash. I thought body color depth should be as close to normal as possible with greywings, but will be a small percentage diluted of normal due to the gene?

 

so the real difference is that greywings are of course grey but even a very light gray can be a graywing and clear wings are white? Just trying to make sense in my head to id them when I see them.

 

Very light grey can be a clearwing. For some reason in Britain it is difficult to get a clearwing with white wings - most of them seem to have a greyish tint to them. I usually look to see how slight the grey tint is. If very light, I will sometimes think clearwing instead of greywing.

Edited February 17, 200619 yr by Rainbow

It is easy to recognise the variety when viewing it in daylight by the grey marking on the bird in comparison to that of the black on the normal varieties. By comparing a Greywing Light Green to a normal Light Green the spots, undulations at the back of the head, markings on the wings and primary wing flights are all of a grey colour instead of black in the normal varieties. The cheek patches are of light violet and the body colour is diluted by 50% of the normal body colour. Also the colour of the tail is grey with a bluish tinge instead of dark blue in the normal varieties.

 

By Ghalib Al-Nasser Rare Budgerigar Varieties - Greywings

Edited February 17, 200619 yr by daz

The pictures of two (green and white) i did not use a flash, the pictures of the blue im pretty sure i did use the flash. The white bird does have blue between her wings in the back and around her legs her beak is orange and her legs are pink (i don't know if that makes a difference). The green is very light as it is almost yellow to match her head and the grey on her wings is light and are edged in yellow. Besides the flash, the picture of the blue bird is a good representation of what she looks like.

Edited February 18, 200619 yr by Pika