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colour?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:19 am
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
hey im just wondering what colour my IRN is .... it is an albino hen but when the sunlight hits her she gets a blue green tinge to her so if anybody knows wat colour she is i would like to no thanks.... i just think that she is just a albino ringneck
thanks jamie
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:12 am
by bec
a picture would help
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:32 am
by Jay
Yup. Besides feather, the eye, toenail, and feet color would be of help in identifying it.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:41 pm
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
yer but this only occurs mostly on her wings and tail ???
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:25 pm
by bec
if jay says he needs all the other picks to determine your birds color mutation trust me he does
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:44 am
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
lol im just new at this and i dnt no how to upload picks lol
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:25 am
by pinkdevil
If you go
here there is a sticky on how to post pics.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:56 am
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
this is a pic of her i couldnt get one of the colouration sorry ....
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:22 am
by Jay
Although the picture is blurry, the bird does look like an Albino. The sheen looks Violet rather than Blue Green?
Some Inos do retain a small amount melanin hence Grey, Green, or Bluish sheen is sometimes noticeable.
I wanted to see some pictures because Grey Pallidinos and Blue Pallidinos are sometimes mistakened as Albinos especially by breeding neophytes. Has your bird been DNA-sexed? Just curious since only males can be Pallidinos.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:20 pm
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
no she hasnt the breeder just said that she was an albino she/he is going on 8 months today
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:03 pm
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
here are some clearer pics
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:12 pm
by Jay
From your pictures, it does look like an Albino.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:56 pm
by jamie_loves_IRN'S
... just out of curiosity why would she have that colour tinge ??
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:02 pm
by Jay
jamie_loves_IRN'S wrote:... just out of curiosity why would she have that colour tinge ??
Because on most Inos, melanin on the feather is not entirely eliminated. Melanin is what produces the Blue coloration through a phenomenon called contructive interference.
Blue coloration when mixed with the yellow pigments called psittacofulvins produce the Green coloration. Albinism does not remove the yellow pigments that's why you could see Greenish tinge also on Ino birds.