Cockatiel Mutations: A Bounty of Color

by Susanne Russo

It all started with the Normal (wild type) Cockatiel. At the time of this writing, we currently have fourteen (14) known mutations in the U.S. Of these mutations, six (6) were established in the U.S. All Cockatiels, excluding the Normal Grey are mutations. A mutation is defined as a spontaneous change in the genetic code. These changes have resulted in the color variations we now have today. Kerr identified Cockatiels (Nymphicus Hollandicus) in 1792 in their native country, Australia. The Cockatiels made their way as captive birds to Europe in the early 1800's. The first captive breeding of Cockatiels was in France in the 1850's. From there Cockatiels spread worldwide. It took about 100 years for the first mutation to evolve from the Normal, which was the Pied, in 1949. This eBook is fully detailed with illustrations showing the beauty of each of the Cockatiel Mutations found in the United States of America.

290 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2012

Reviews

[Sada Sada · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Donna M. Jeter]

Great read and informative

I gave this book five starts because it had detailed discriptions of each gene line and pics were clear enough to understand what was being talked about. I loved each chapter I didn’t know there was so many color gene lines. A bit troublesome if you are trying to figure out what your bird is, like there can be splits in the cross with pure visual and non visuals of a bird. I would recommend this book to bird hobbiest and who wants to learn a bit about breeding these colorful birds. To be honest I can think of anything that I didn’t like about this book, other then I want a hard back of this one soon lol !