Aww they look so angelic!
Lovebirds mutation
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Can someone help out my mum and dad's friend with his lovies mutations, please?
Ta
Can someone help out my mum and dad's friend with his lovies mutations, please?
Ta
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Hi , really cute babies you got there 
Both look to be really young , under 6 months for sure !
They are both different species of lovebirds . The one on the left looks like a juvenile black masked lovebird without any mutation . Its head should turn fully black once it reaches maturity .
The one on the right is a lutino peach faced lovebird . The slightly pinkish feathers on its head will turn bright red and cover its chest and forehead in a few months .
Both look to be really young , under 6 months for sure !
They are both different species of lovebirds . The one on the left looks like a juvenile black masked lovebird without any mutation . Its head should turn fully black once it reaches maturity .
The one on the right is a lutino peach faced lovebird . The slightly pinkish feathers on its head will turn bright red and cover its chest and forehead in a few months .
They are young indeed and beautiful! :loveeyes:
It's possible the lovebird on the left is a hybrid mix of fischer's and black masked lovebird due to the head being so brownish in colour and I also see some orange highlights on the head feathers, indicating fischer's lovebird genes. Also there should be no orange colour on the cheeks.
A much younger baby black masked has a much darker head and face, sure it's not yet the jet black colour they get after getting their adult plumage but it's certainly a duller black colour much darker than the brownish mingled with orange that I'm seeing.
I'm pretty sure he/she is a mix breed and that's okay since both sub species belong to the eyering type.
However breeding a peach face with a eyering species of lovebird is a big no-no because the offspring would be sterile.
This is Lotas, the first chick of my pair of Fischer's lovebirds. You can see his colours quite well including all the orange.
Here is Lotas younger brother of my second clutch, Khaleesi. He is a bit darker in colour due to having inherited the violet colour of his mother (violet green). Notice the more brownish head colour.
This is my rescued girl Penguin, she is a black masked of blue variety, commonly known as blue masked lovebird.
Notice the jet black head and face, that's how all pure bred black masked lovebirds should be, even the green series ones shouldn't have any orange on head nor cheeks (area near and directly below beak).
It's possible the lovebird on the left is a hybrid mix of fischer's and black masked lovebird due to the head being so brownish in colour and I also see some orange highlights on the head feathers, indicating fischer's lovebird genes. Also there should be no orange colour on the cheeks.
A much younger baby black masked has a much darker head and face, sure it's not yet the jet black colour they get after getting their adult plumage but it's certainly a duller black colour much darker than the brownish mingled with orange that I'm seeing.
I'm pretty sure he/she is a mix breed and that's okay since both sub species belong to the eyering type.
However breeding a peach face with a eyering species of lovebird is a big no-no because the offspring would be sterile.
This is Lotas, the first chick of my pair of Fischer's lovebirds. You can see his colours quite well including all the orange.
Here is Lotas younger brother of my second clutch, Khaleesi. He is a bit darker in colour due to having inherited the violet colour of his mother (violet green). Notice the more brownish head colour.
This is my rescued girl Penguin, she is a black masked of blue variety, commonly known as blue masked lovebird.
Notice the jet black head and face, that's how all pure bred black masked lovebirds should be, even the green series ones shouldn't have any orange on head nor cheeks (area near and directly below beak).
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Thanks for the detailed responses! I'm sure he'll be thrilled to know what he has. He loves them so much.
Aluz, yours are absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Aluz, yours are absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Awww, such cute baby lovies!!
And -- I also got to see pictures of aluz's beauties this morning too.
What more could a lovebird aficionado ask? It's a great day!
And -- I also got to see pictures of aluz's beauties this morning too.
What more could a lovebird aficionado ask? It's a great day!
Thanks for the detailed responses! I'm sure he'll be thrilled to know what he has. He loves them so much.
Aluz, yours are absolutely gorgeous!!!!
You're welcome and thank you both on the compliments of my birds!Awww, such cute baby lovies!!
And -- I also got to see pictures of aluz's beauties this morning too.
What more could a lovebird aficionado ask? It's a great day!
I only posted their pics to better explain the differences in colour between the two eyering species.
Woah. These posts make me want to go for love birds. **** they are beautiful. And Penguin is such an apt name for the rescue love bird.They are young indeed and beautiful! :loveeyes:
It's possible the lovebird on the left is a hybrid mix of fischer's and black masked lovebird due to the head being so brownish in colour and I also see some orange highlights on the head feathers, indicating fischer's lovebird genes. Also there should be no orange colour on the cheeks.
A much younger baby black masked has a much darker head and face, sure it's not yet the jet black colour they get after getting their adult plumage but it's certainly a duller black colour much darker than the brownish mingled with orange that I'm seeing.
I'm pretty sure he/she is a mix breed and that's okay since both sub species belong to the eyering type.
However breeding a peach face with a eyering species of lovebird is a big no-no because the offspring would be sterile.
This is Lotas, the first chick of my pair of Fischer's lovebirds. You can see his colours quite well including all the orange.
Here is Lotas younger brother of my second clutch, Khaleesi. He is a bit darker in colour due to having inherited the violet colour of his mother (violet green). Notice the more brownish head colour.
This is my rescued girl Penguin, she is a black masked of blue variety, commonly known as blue masked lovebird.
Notice the jet black head and face, that's how all pure bred black masked lovebirds should be, even the green series ones shouldn't have any orange on head nor cheeks (area near and directly below beak).
Are love birds and budgies compatible? Can 2 love birds survive in a flock of 12 budgies or is there any danger to them?
They are gorgeous. I wish I had love birds.Hey
Can someone help out my mum and dad's friend with his lovies mutations, please?
Ta
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