| One of the most
exciting aspects of keeping and breeding
Love Birds is the large variety of color mutations
that have been established. At least 17 distinct
mutations have been established in the Peachfaced
Love Bird, probably more than in any other species
of captive parrot except the budgerigar. Click
below for more information about the currently
established Love Bird mutations. Also visit the New ALBS Picture Library!.
Essential
Genetics for the Terrified by Chris Rutt gives
beginners the basics of how color mutations are
inherited.
Wondering what a
given pair of birds could produce? Check out The
Peachfaced Love Bird Genetics Calculator!
For our more advanced breeders, you can try out Rasek's Genetics Calculator for more mutations and combinations.
Peachfaced
Mutations
Recessives
Blue, Whitefaced Blue, and
Seagreen.
Orange-faced
Fallow
American Yellow (Dilute) and
Japanese Yellow (Imperial Golden Cherry)
Australian Recessive Pied (dark-eyed clear)
Sex-Linked
Characteristics
Lutino, American Cinnamon, &
Australian Cinnamon
Lacewing
Opaline
Partial
Dominants
Dark Factor
Violet
Dominants
American Pied
Green
Other
Longfeather
Color Changes
Which are not Genetically inherited
Red Suffusion
Mutations in the
Masked, Fischer's, Black-Cheeked, and Nyasa
Specific
mutations:
Blue
Lutino
Yellow (Dilute)
Dark Factor
Violet
Fallow
Pied
Mutations in other
Love Bird Species:
The Abyssinian Love Bird
The Madagascar Love Bird
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