What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)

kouma · Post by **kouma** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:01 pm

I found this bird at a pet store and I was wondering what kind of mutation it was..looks nice

Domenic · Post by **Domenic** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:18 pm

I am thinking that it is a Parrot Finch/Gouldian hybrid. The black area on it looks much larger than a normal gouldian's and it almosts looks like it has a blue breast. Below are some pics of parrot finch/gouldian hybrids:
http://users.skynet.be/fa398872/pfhybrid.htm
You can sort of see some similarities there. Of course it could be any kind bird hybridized with a gouldian that created that coloration.

That cage is housing some nice finches, let us know if you snatch any of them up.

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:11 am

My guess is that it's a melonistic Gouldian.

Domenic · Post by **Domenic** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:17 am

atarasi wrote:My guess is that it's a melonistic Gouldian.

I looked it up and your definitely right. I have never seen one of those before. Here's a pic if anyone wants to see:

http://users.skynet.be/fa398872/engoulm03.htm

They definitely are pretty.

kouma · Post by **kouma** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:11 am

Interesting..Thanks. It does look healthy. Maybe if it is still there I will grab it

Can someone tell me if that one shown in this pic is a male or female?

cartel · Post by **cartel** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:56 pm

Looks like a male to me!

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:19 pm

Very pretty and agreeing with the above posts.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:46 am

I'm sorry but if I'm being honest it doesn't look healthy to me.. neither does the puffy RH WB Yellow hen in the background.
It's also not conformationally what I would consider to be a good bird.. *shrug*

I don't think you should put aside type and conformation just because you want a particular mutation or color

And coming from someone who speaks regularly to people who have tried to maintain the melanism it ALWAYS molts out - which means it is probably the result of a dietary or lighting deficiency.

There is no known heritance of the "melanistic" gouldians

kouma · Post by **kouma** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:47 am

nixity wrote:I'm sorry but if I'm being honest it doesn't look healthy to me.. neither does the puffy RH WB Yellow hen in the background.
It's also not conformationally what I would consider to be a good bird.. *shrug*

I don't think you should put aside type and conformation just because you want a particular mutation or color

And coming from someone who speaks regularly to people who have tried to maintain the melanism it ALWAYS molts out - which means it is probably the result of a dietary or lighting deficiency.

There is no known heritance of the "melanistic" gouldians

I didn't know that. Thanks nixity. I will withhold from purchasing it. Anyways I have more males to females at the moment (3:1) and if anything I need to get females. To bad it molts because the colors do look nice.

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