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10-page article,
"
The Colorful Side of
Cockatiels: Meet the popular,
the fancy and the rare
"
by
Linda S. Rubin
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Cockatiel Expert Columnist
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Pastelface Cinnamon split Pied cock
Lutino Pearl
Head shot of Clear Pied
c.2006 Herschel & Elsie Burgin
c.2006 Alane Grieshaber
Pastelface cock
c.2006 Herschel & Elsie Burgin
Whiteface Pied
Whiteface Fallow cock
Extra-heavy Pied cock
Suffused Silver hen (left) cock (right)
Pearl hen
Dominant Silver cock
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Silver Pearl Pied
c. 2006 Sandra Trottier
Dominant Silver hen (left) Whiteface Dominant Silver/Recessive Silver cock (right)
c.2006 Alane Grieshaber
Whiteface Dominant Silver cock
c. 2006 Nancy E. Johnson
Whiteface Lutino (Albino)
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ARTICLES: Color Mutation & Genetics
PHOTOS: Cockatiel Mutations Genome
Primary, Fancy & the RAREST Mutations!
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Matching above ARTICLE ARCHIVE Color Descriptions
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Sexing Cockatiels by Color & Behavior
An Overview of Primary Color Mutations
I. SPLITS & TICK MARKINGS
Tick Markings & Split Pied - Q&A
Normal Splits and Pearl Males - Q&A
Producing Mutations From Normal Grey Splits - Q&A
Splits and Genetics Testing - Q&A
White Spots on Cinnamon's Wings - Q&A
Sexing, Splits, & Tick Markings on Whiteface Pearls and Pieds -Q&A





II. GENDER SEXING
Sexing Cockatiels by Color and Behavior
Determining Age & Gender in Young Normal Greys
Gender Identification of Pieds - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
Sex-linked Inheritance on Gender Identification - Q&A
Visually Sexing More Difficult (Dimorphic) Color Mutations





III. PRIMARY MUTATIONS & THEIR CROSSES
Normal Grey & Lutino Chicks plus Pearl Splits - Q&A
Pied Varieties
Lutino and Cinnamon - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
What is a Cinnamon and How to Produce It - Q&A
Mating a Cinnamon Pied male to a Cinnamon Female - Q&A
Sex-linked Recessive Pearls
Cinnamon Pearls - Q&A





IV. WHITEFACE & WHITEFACE CROSSES
Whiteface Cockatiels Explained
Improving Whiteface Bloodlines
Breeding Lutinos and Whiteface Lutinos ("Albinos")
Whiteface Lutino ("Albino") and Whiteface Lutino Pied - Q&A
Breeding and Showing Whiteface Lutino Cinnamon Pearls &
Other Whiteface Lutino Crosses
Whiteface Silver and Whiteface Cinnamon





V. GENETIC FEATURES
Sex-linked Recessive Inheritance: Do Cockatiel Genes Work the
Same as in Humans?
Computer Programs and the Reality of Crossover and Real Life
Complex Pairings
Understanding Crossover Genetics in Multiple Mutations - Q&A
Color Depigmentation in Cockatiels




VI. RARE COLOR VARIETIES & MUTATIONS
Breeding Dominant Yellowcheek to Whiteface - Q&A
Crossover in a Sex-linked Yellowcheek Cinnamon Pearl-Pied Hen
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