Naming that Mutation: The Good, The Wrong, and the Silly!
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:21 am
Over the Internet, and through the wide population of Professional and Amateur breeding circles of Indian Ringnecks, there is a flood of incorrect, and often very misleading names given through either untruths, ignorance, or sticking to names that have since been re-classified as the old names were temporary or misleading to the actual mutation at hand.
What I have done is try to form a list of the common misrepresentations of the true names that Indian Ringnecks hold. Please, read this, and remember the actual terms... feel free to add to this list as well in replies, and I will add your responce to the list.
This is not a general mutation list at the moment, just a list of commonly botched up names for established mutations. Please be aware, the aka terms are WRONG, regardless of how established they are. Some are nicknames like Silver for Grey Cinnamon and Sky Blue for Blue Cinnamon, these, while being well used, are just nicknames, not actual terms that should be applied to the mutation.
Another nickname like silver etc, is the very common "GoldenOlive" this is actually a "GreyGreen Cinnamon" thanks to "tassie" for pointing that one out for me.
-Actual-
Turquoise Blue:
-aka-
Pastel Blue; Pastel;
-Actual-
Turquoise Grey:
-aka-
Pastel Grey;
-Actual-
Pallid:
-aka-
Lacewing; Lime;
-Actual-
Turquoise Blue Pallid - Turquoise Grey Pallid:
-aka-
Rainbow - Grey Rainbow;
-Actual-
Creamino:
-aka-
White Rainbow;
-Actual-
Pallid-Ino:
-aka-
Lacewing; YellowHeaded Cinnamon; WhiteHeaded Cinnamon; Lime;
-Actual-
ClearHeaded Fallow: (generally shortened to clearheaded)
-aka-
Buttercup; YellowHeaded; WhiteHeaded;
-Actual-
Cleartail:
-aka-
WhiteHeaded-WhiteTailed; YellowHeaded-YellowTailed;
-Actual-
Cinnamon:
-aka-
Isabel; Skyblue and Silver are nicknames for Cinnamon Blue and Cinnamon Grey;
-Actual-
Dominant Pied:
-aka-
Pied;
-Actual-
Recessive Pied:
-aka-
Opaline;
-Actual-
Dilute:
-aka-
Diffused; Yellow Black-Eye; White Black-Eye; Lime;
-Actual-
Dominant Edged:
-aka-
Fallow;
-Actual-
Albino:
-aka-
White;
-Actual-
Lutino:
-aka-
Yellow;
-Actual-
GreyGreen:
-aka-
Olive;
What I have done is try to form a list of the common misrepresentations of the true names that Indian Ringnecks hold. Please, read this, and remember the actual terms... feel free to add to this list as well in replies, and I will add your responce to the list.
This is not a general mutation list at the moment, just a list of commonly botched up names for established mutations. Please be aware, the aka terms are WRONG, regardless of how established they are. Some are nicknames like Silver for Grey Cinnamon and Sky Blue for Blue Cinnamon, these, while being well used, are just nicknames, not actual terms that should be applied to the mutation.
Another nickname like silver etc, is the very common "GoldenOlive" this is actually a "GreyGreen Cinnamon" thanks to "tassie" for pointing that one out for me.
-Actual-
Turquoise Blue:
-aka-
Pastel Blue; Pastel;
-Actual-
Turquoise Grey:
-aka-
Pastel Grey;
-Actual-
Pallid:
-aka-
Lacewing; Lime;
-Actual-
Turquoise Blue Pallid - Turquoise Grey Pallid:
-aka-
Rainbow - Grey Rainbow;
-Actual-
Creamino:
-aka-
White Rainbow;
-Actual-
Pallid-Ino:
-aka-
Lacewing; YellowHeaded Cinnamon; WhiteHeaded Cinnamon; Lime;
-Actual-
ClearHeaded Fallow: (generally shortened to clearheaded)
-aka-
Buttercup; YellowHeaded; WhiteHeaded;
-Actual-
Cleartail:
-aka-
WhiteHeaded-WhiteTailed; YellowHeaded-YellowTailed;
-Actual-
Cinnamon:
-aka-
Isabel; Skyblue and Silver are nicknames for Cinnamon Blue and Cinnamon Grey;
-Actual-
Dominant Pied:
-aka-
Pied;
-Actual-
Recessive Pied:
-aka-
Opaline;
-Actual-
Dilute:
-aka-
Diffused; Yellow Black-Eye; White Black-Eye; Lime;
-Actual-
Dominant Edged:
-aka-
Fallow;
-Actual-
Albino:
-aka-
White;
-Actual-
Lutino:
-aka-
Yellow;
-Actual-
GreyGreen:
-aka-
Olive;