Could it be the yellow bird's parents? The baby bird will be green.

[Tontarn]

please help answer the question About the ringneck flapper color I bought a baby bird, but it's green, although the parents are yellow. Why does the baby bird turn green like the one in the attached picture?

https://www.img.in.th/images/f3ce58e087 ... 060a11.jpg
https://www.img.in.th/images/87fbb99934 ... a64a27.jpg

bird's parents

https://www.img.in.th/images/2643f32c8d ... 22d6ff.jpg

[ringneck]

Wow! What a cute little fellow!

It all depends on what genes the birds carry. Even though both parents are yellow, they both carry the green dominant gene which produced a green baby. That means even though your baby ringneck is green, it also carries different genes. Kinda crazy, huh?

I wish I knew more but I don't. I gotta brush up on this stuff. Hopefully more experts will chime in.

Best wishes,

Imran