Pied cockatiel

Pied cockatiel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Cacatuoidea
Family:	Cacatuidae
Subfamily:	Nymphicinae
Genus:	Nymphicus
Species:	N. hollandicus
Binomial name
Nymphicus hollandicus

The Pied cockatiel is the first mutation of cockatiel colour genetics, with a mostly gray to light-yellow and white feathers and orange cheek patches.

Pied cockatiels have large, random blotches of colour on their bodies, after the "normal grey" or "wild type" of a cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent white flashes on the outer edges of each wing.

Bird breeders can breed for certain traits, and they have been breeding for different colour mutations in cockatiels since the 1940s.^[1]

The pied cockatiel mutation was the first cockatiel mutation colour to be established in USA in 1951.^[2] The Pied appeared exactly by the aviaries of "Mr. D. Putman" of San Diego, California, United States.^[3]

After this first genetic colour mutation the cockatiel bird Knew a series of mutations like Lutino cockatiel as second cockatiel colour genetics, first appeared in 1958,^{[4] [5]} White-faced cockatiel (first appeared in 1964),^[6] Cinnamon cockatiel,^[7] and the Pearled cockatiel which appeared in Germany in 1967 or 1968 ^[8] and Pastelface cockatiel^[9]

Heavy pied and Light pied cockatiel

There are two kinds of pied cockatiel colour mutation in this mutation,"Heavy Pied cockatiels" and "Light Pied cockatiels". the difference between Heavy Pied cockatiel and Light Pied cockatiels, a Light Pied cockatiel should have 25% pied and 75% body colour and a Heavy Pied cockatiel should have 25% body colour and 75% pied colour.^[10]

Size and weight

This bird gets up to 12 inches (30 cm) and weighs 3 to 4 ounces.^[11]

Sound

All cockatiel colour genetic mutations have the same Tweet.

See also

• Lutino cockatiel
• Cockatiel
• Cockatoo
• Companion parrot
• Lutino rosy-faced lovebird mutation
• Normal grey cockatiel
• White-faced cockatiel

References

1. "Pied Mutation Cockatiel Birds". birdchannel.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. "Pied Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. "Parrot Posse Cockatiels | All about cockatiels". featheredfrenzy.net. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
4. "Timeline for Cockatiel Mutations in the US". birdsplanet.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
5. "Lutino Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. "White-faced Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. "Cinnamon Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
8. "Pearl Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
9. [e-mail]. "Pastelface Cockatiels mutations pictures genetics". members.optusnet.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
10. [e-mail]. "Pied Cockatiels". members.optusnet.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
11. "Pied Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel Care and Bird Information with Cockatiel Bird Pictures". animal-world.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

• Cockatiels - National Cockatiel Society
• Cockatiel Information Forum and Bulletin Board - Talk Cockatiels
• Videos, images and sounds - Internet Bird Collection