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Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:09 am
by midnightflight
Wondering what colour my Smelly friend is (smelly being an affectionate term)

I'll describe him as best I can

Beak: Upper and lower mandible red
Tail and primary flight feathers: Greyish colour looks faintly blue in the light. Wing feathers bordered in yellow
Underwing: Bright pure yellow
Feet: Grey
Nails: Grey
Main colour: Olive green
Eyes: funny hazel colour when eyes are pinned looks slightly blue

Just curious... any help would be appreciated.

He is an immature bird so I don't know what sex he is yet

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Re: Stinky nibbly's colour???

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:40 am
by sheyd
going by that I'd say Grey Green.

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour???

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:34 pm
by willowisp71
At a guess, I'd agree......grey green :)

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:37 pm
by sheyd
Def GreyGreen :)

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:30 pm
by midnightflight
Thanks alot guys, was hoping for olive but oh well, will try and get a blue too :D

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:40 pm
by sheyd
Olive is double factor Dark on Green. GreyGreen is Grey + Green. Lots of people get the two confused.

See them both here:
http://psittacula-world.com/EN/Mutations/P-krameri.htm

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:48 pm
by midnightflight
question:

What does "complete dominant mean"

Re: Stinky nibbly's colour...Have updated with photos

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:56 pm
by sheyd
this should help: http://www.gencalc.com/html/mut_eng.html#in

*someone correct me if I'm wrong*-- but my take on it is: I believe they are referring to Grey being a "complete dominant" mutation meaning that it will completely overrule Blue, and will turn an otherwise blue bird into a grey coloured bird, and in turn will change a Green bird into a grey-green coloured bird.