Fischer's lovebird mutations
Fischer's lovebird comes in many mutations. Some of them you can see here, we will update this topic with more mutations.
Dark Factors
When we talk about dark factors at wild type (green) birds, we have normal green (without dark factors), dark green (with one dark factor) and Olive green (with double dark factor).
Left: Olive Green. Right: Normal green
Pastel Green fischeri
At pastel green fischeri we can see that the green body colour lightens up approximately 50%. The back of the head becomes lighter and the flight feathers are light grey, sometimes even white. Colour and the shape of the mask remain unchanged.
Feet and nails are lighten up.
Pastel Green
Bronze fallow fischeri
Bronze fallow is autosomal recessive mutation. It is a eumelanin mutation. The eumelanin reduction manifests itself in the plumage, in the eyes, feet and nails. The bronze fallow has characteristic pink/red eyes. Body colour is laurel green (green with a brown haze).
The flight feathers are grey-brown. The feet are flesh coloured and the nails are horn coloured. The mask colour remains unchanged.
Lutino fischeri
The inheritance of this mutation is sex-linked.
In lutino mutation we have eumelanin reduction. Normally green feathers turn yellow, blue feathers, as we can find on the rump, turn white. The mask remains unchanged. We have light feet, horn coloured nails and red eyes.
The colour of the feet is always completely flesh coloured.
Pastel Blue fischeri NEW!!!
At pastel blue fischeri we can see that the blue body colour lightens up approximately 50%. The back of the head becomes lighter and the flight feathers are light grey, sometimes even white. Colour and the shape of the mask remain unchanged.
Feet and nails are lighten up.
Pastel Green fischeri
At pastel green birds we can see that the green body cokour lightens up approximately 50%. The back of the head becomes lighter. Flight feathers are light grey sometimes even white. Colour and the shape of the mask remain unchanged. Feet and nails also lighten up. The colour is also determined by the amount of eumelanin.
