Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Superfamily Cacatuoidea | Phylum Chordata Order Psittaciformes Family Cacatuidae | |
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Similar Pied cockatiel, Normal grey cockatiel, Nymphicus, Lutino rosy‑faced lovebird, Cockatiel | ||
The white-faced cockatiel is one of cockatiel colour genetics mutation, with a mostly white or grayish face, they stand out because they have no orange cheek patches or yellow coloring at all. This is a stunning cockatiel mutation, is the seventh established mutation appeared first time with domesticated cockatiel in 1964 in Holland.
Contents
- Size and weight
- Sexual differences
- White faced Cockatiel in different colour mutations
- The relation with Albino Cockatiel
- Sound
- References
Size and weight
as cockatiel bird, this bird get up to 12 inches (30 cm) and weigh 3 to 4 ounces.
Sexual differences
For White-faced cockatiels, the males will have a whiter head and the females will have more of a grayish head. The females will also have the barred markings underneath their tail feathers while the males will have none.
White-faced Cockatiel in different colour mutations
The relation with "Albino" Cockatiel
The "Albino Cockatiel" is not a true albino, it is a combination of a "white-faced Cockatiel" and a "Lutino cockatiel". The "Whiteface gene" removes all the yellow and orange that would be present in a Lutino. and the "Lutino gene" removes all the black and grey. The result is an all white cockatiel with red eyes. In some cases a whiteface lutino can be nest sexed via the parents mutations, in instances where the parents mutations are unknown they are impossible to sex visually, so you will need a DNA test to determine what sex your pet it is.
Sound
All cockatiel colour genetic mutations have the same Tweet.
