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What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:01 pm
by kouma
I found this bird at a pet store and I was wondering what kind of mutation it was..looks nice
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:18 pm
by Domenic
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.
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:11 am
by atarasi
My guess is that it's a melonistic Gouldian.
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:17 am
by Domenic
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.
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:11 am
by kouma
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?
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:56 pm
by cartel
Looks like a male to me!
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:19 pm
by L in Ontario
Very pretty and agreeing with the above posts.
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:46 am
by nixity
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
Re: What kind of mutation is this? (check picture)
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:47 am
by kouma
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.