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The white-faced cockatiel is one of the cockatiel
The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as the weero/weiro or quarrion, is a medium-sized
parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as exotic household pets and compa ...
colour genetic mutations, with a mostly white or grayish face. They stand out because they have no orange cheek patches or yellow coloring at all. This is the seventh established mutation which appeared for the first time with domesticated cockatiels in 1964 in Holland.
Size and weight
These cockatiels can grow up to 12 inches (30 cm) and weigh 3 to 4 ounces.Sexual differences
For white-faced cockatiels, the males will have a whiter head and the females will have more of a grayish head. The females will also have the barred markings underneath their tail feathers while the males will have none.White-faced cockatiel in different colour mutations
*White-faced grey cockatiel: *White-faced pearl cockatiel: *White-faced pied cockatiel: *White-faced pearl pied cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon pearl cockatiel: *White-faced cinnamon pied cockatiel:The relation with "albino" cockatiel
The "albino cockatiel" is not a true albino, it is a combination of a "white-faced cockatiel" and a "Lutino cockatiel
The lutino cockatiel is one of the most popular mutations of cockatiel, with white to light-yellow feathers
and orange/red cheek patches.
The "Normal grey cockatiel, normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prom ...
".
The "Whiteface gene" removes all the yellow and orange that would be present in a Lutino. and the "Lutino gene" removes all the black and grey. The result is an all white cockatiel with red eyes. In some cases a whiteface lutino can be nest sexed via the parents mutations, in instances where the parents mutations are unknown they are impossible to sex visually, so you will need a DNA test to determine what sex your pet it is.
Sound
All cockatiel colour genetic mutations have the same tweet.See also
*Lutino rosy-faced lovebird mutation
The lutino peach-faced love bird (''Agapornis roseicollis'') is one of the most popular mutations of rosy-faced lovebird. It is closely followed by the Rosy-faced_lovebird_colour_genetics#Base color, Dutch blue lovebird in popularity.
See also
*Ro ...
*cockatiel
The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as the weero/weiro or quarrion, is a medium-sized
parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as exotic household pets and compa ...
*cockatoo
A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea ( true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up t ...
*Companion parrot
A companion parrot is a parrot kept as a pet that interacts abundantly with its human counterpart. Generally, most species of parrot can make excellent companions, but must be carefully managed around children and other common pet species like do ...
* Pied cockatiel
*Lutino cockatiel
The lutino cockatiel is one of the most popular mutations of cockatiel, with white to light-yellow feathers
and orange/red cheek patches.
The "Normal grey cockatiel, normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prom ...
* Normal grey cockatiel
References
External links
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