Psittacula alexandri [Linné 1758]

Moustached Parakeet

Psittacula a. fasciata (P.L.S. Müller 1776)

Indian Moustached Parakeet

Green

Wild-type

Description

Body: General green; salmon-pink breast; yellowish patch on wings.
Tail: Bluegreen.
Head: Grey with blue and green tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Mutations:

Greygreen

Inheritance: Dominant.

Description

Body: General greygreen (manifestation of grey in the greenseries); salmon-pink breast; yellowish patch on wings.
Tail: Greygreen.
Head: Grey with blue and greygreen tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: Sometimes Greygreen is erroneously referred to as Olive. Olive is actually used for birds having a double darkfactor in the Green-series.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Turquoise Blue

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive with respect to the Wildtype and Dominant with respect to Blue.

Description

Body: General turquoise; greyish-white breast with pinkish tinge; yellowish patch on wings.
Tail: Blue.
Head: Grey with blue tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: Often erroneously called Blue and less known as Turquoise. By lack of knowledge combined with the genuine Blue. It seems that Turquoise is dominant with respect to Blue, however, it has not been proven yet.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Blue

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive.

Description

Body: General blue; greyish-white breast; greyish-whitish patch on wings.
Tail: Blue.
Head: Grey with blue tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: This is the true Blue mutation. Very rare.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Grey

Inheritance: Combination of recessive Blue and dominant Grey. Dominant in Blue-series.

Description

Body: General grey; manifestation as Grey in the Blue series; greyish-white breast; greyish-whitish patch on wings.
Tail: Grey.
Head: Grey with blue tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: This is a very rare combination.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Lutino

Inheritance: Unknown; probably autosomal recessive.

Description

Body: General yellow; salmon-pink breast; darker yellow patch on wings.
Tail: Yellow.
Head: White with yellowish pink tinge; broad white stripes often visible.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, yellow lower mandible in cocks; yellow mandible in hens; pink feet, light nails.
Eyes: Red with yellowish iris.

Note: Lutino is also erroneously known as "Yellow"; The Lutino mutation is very rare, difficult to breed and probably extinct.

Turquoise-ino (Combination of Turquoise and Ino)

Inheritance: Combination of Turquoise and Ino; Turquoise is Dominant in Blue-series.

Description

Body: General white with plae yellow; yellowish patch on wings.
Tail: Yellowish white.
Head: White with yellowish tinge; broad white stripes often visible.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, yellow lower mandible in cocks; yellow mandible in hens; pink feet, light nails.
Eyes: Red with yellowish iris.

Note: Very rare.

Cinnamon

Inheritance: Sex-linked recessive.

Description

Body: General yellow-green; salmon-pink breast; yellowish patch on wings; washed with brownish tinge.
Tail: Light bluegreen.
Head: Pinkish with yellow and green tinge and broad darkbrown stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, greyish lower mandible in cocks; greyish mandible in hens; pinkish feet, light nails.
Eyes: Dark brown with yellowish iris.

Note: Also erroneously known as "Isabel".

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Dom. Edged Dilute

Inheritance: Complete dominant.

Description

Body: General yellow-green; salmon-pink breast; yellowish patch on wings; washed with brownish tinge.
Tail: Light bluegreen.
Head: Blueishgrey with yellow and green tinge and broad greyish stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, greyish lower mandible in cocks; greyish mandible in hens; grey feet, black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: Probably Complete dominant. Very rare. Not much is known about this mutation.

Bronze Fallow

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive.

Description

Body: General yellow-green; salmon-pink breast; darker yellow patch on wings.
Tail: Light bluegreen.
Head: Pinkish with yellow and green tinge and broad grey stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, greyish lower mandible in cocks; greyish mandible in hens; pinkish feet, light nails.
Eyes: Red with yellowish iris.

Note: Probably a Bronze Fallow. Very rare.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Clearhead Fallow

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive.

Description

Body: General yellow-green; salmon-pink breast; yellow patch on wings.
Tail: Light bluegreen.
Head: Pinkish with yellow and green tinge and broad dark grey stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, brownish lower mandible in cocks; brownish mandible in hens; pink feet, light nails.
Eyes: Red with translucent iris.

Note: Very rare.

Pairings: Some examples of pairings. >>

Dom. Pied

Inheritance: Dominant.

Description

Body: General green; salmon-pink breast; yellowish patch on wings; yellow flight feathers.
Tail: Bluegreen and yellow.
Head: Grey with blue and green tinge and broad black stripes.
Beak/Feet: Red upper mandible, black lower mandible in cocks; black mandible in hens; light and grey feet, light and black nails.
Eyes: Black with yellowish iris.

Note: Note that not all pied types are hereditary. Many pied birds are modifications and not mutations.