Saturday, November 3, 2012

Budgie Parakeet Colors, Varieties, Mutations and Genetics

Budgie Parakeet Colors, Varieties, Mutations and Genetics












Budgie parakeets come in so many colors and mutations they remind me of jellybeans! These birds are part of our family flock.
























n the wild, Budgie Parakeets are green with yellow, with black stripes and markings, and dark blue-green-black flight and tail feathers. Captive breeding programs, however, have produced Budgies in almost every color of the rainbow, except red and pink. They are so colorful, they remind me of jellybeans!

All captive budgerigars are divided into two basic series of colors: white-based (includes sky blue, cobalt, mauve, gray, violet, and white) and yellow-based (includes light-green, dark-green, gray-green, olive, and yellow). There are at least 32 primary mutations in the budgerigar, enabling hundreds of possible secondary mutations and color varieties.



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