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Please enjoy your visit with my feathered friends. After viewing the category below please click on the corresponding title to the left in grey print. This will show more pictures of that species of the category chosen. Once on a picture you may click on the picture to enlarge it for easier viewing. Double click for even larger picture.
To use the search feature, type in the title of the photo, select category and search.
I have listed the species and mutations along with information of the mutation. If you are like me, a picture along with the scientific genetic jargon goes a long way in comprehending. There is more detailed info on the genetic mutations under finch care. |
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The lady gouldian finch come in a variety of colored mutations. These mutations are bred here at Cando's Aviary and the breeders pictures are listed under the mutation catagories. |
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This is the gouldian found in nature. The green back or normal gouldian comes in red head, yellow head(orange), and black head. The head is always outlined in black. The breast colors are purple, lilac, and white. Click on the title to see pictures of the other head and breast colors. |
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Males Only. These are gouldians that receive one factor of yellow in their genetic makeup. So basically ,it is a green body bird with single yellow factor (sf pastel) Single factor is also known as Dilutes. These are Male because the females only needs one factor to show the color where as the males need a double factor of the yellow (pastel) gene to show yellow. When males receive the single factor they obtain a diluted color. The back becomes lighter green to a lemon or lime color. The lighter the breast color , the lighter the back color. The lighter yellows will be listed under SF Yellow Pictures.(though they are still single factor) The red and yellow head colors remain the same as the normal green backed bird but the black becomes diluted due to the SF making the dark melanin color surpressed. Hence you get a charcoal colored head. Click on the Title to see examples of the other colors of this mutation. |
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The single factor yellow is a green bird that has inherited one factor for being yellow bodied. Scientific term for the gouldian pictured is Yellow head, white breasted, single factor pastel green body; abbreviated YH WB sf pastel GB. The white or lilac breast will cause the birds back to be lighter than the purple breasted dilutes so most people refer to them as yellow backs. The band around the head is how you tell a SF yellow from a DF yellow. With the single factor bird the band will be blue in color. The double will be a pale grey to white in color. The DF males will also be a brighter and clearer yellow through the back. With the black heads they will appear to the eye grey to white. The pastel factor causes the dark melanin color (eumelanin) to be surpressed, therefore no black. Hens are always single factor. They require only one factor to show the true color of yellow. Hens heads will appear white in the black headed mutaion.
Click on the title to see other examples of SF males in white and lilac breast colors. Also here you will find the yellow hens of all breast and head colors. |
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The double factor pastel (yellow) causes the cock bird to be a bright clear yellow backed bird. The blue around the bib will become white to a dull grey. The red and yellow (orange) head colors are super vivid in a well bred bird. The black head varity will appear to the eye as a very light grey, buff, or white. The double factor represses the melanin, which produces the dark colors such as black. Since the black is repressed the other colors of the bird seem to be brighter, though the number of colors are less. No blue, black, or green will be seen on this mutation of gouldian. (except for dark, normal eyes). |
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Males and Females. The blue back is a result of the bird lacking any yellow factors (lutein) Without yellow the bird is visibly blue. Once you have a blue backed bird and reintroduce yellow factors they will visibly behaive differently than producing green backed birds again.... confusing but never the less delightful because this is how you get blue pastels and silvers.
The blue back will either have a black , salmon, or straw colored head. The bird cannot produce the red and yellow head colors purely so they apear diluted to the salmon/straw color. So red heads and yellow heads look the same. The blue bird also loses the color tip on the beak instead being a uniform color.
The blue body is darker when accompanied with a purple breast. With a White breast or Lilac breast the blue will be lighter shades.
Click on the title to see more pictures of blue mutations. |
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Males only. The blue pastel will always be a male. This is a sex linked gene that is a single factor of yellow (pastel) . Females only need one yellow factor to be silver. Males 2 factors. So when males recieve only one factor then the results are the Pastel. The males with purple breast will have darker blues and the white and lilac breast will be a lighter blue to a grey color.
Click on the titile to see other colors of the pastel mutaion. |
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Males and Females. This bird is the same as the SF pastel but when the bird has a white or lilac breast the back color becomes lighter, from blue to silver . Most people in the US call these birds silver. The single factor can be distinquished from the double factor bt the color of the head ring. The SF will remain blue to grey where the DF will become white.
Females will always be SF and have the white surrounding the head as they only need one factor to show silver.
Click on the titile to see other colors of this mutation. |
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Males only. Double factor silvers will be white to light grey/silver.,depending on their breast colors. Some will have an opal like sheen to their feathers. The head colors will white or peach. Though this mutation lacks the brilliant colors one thinks of when they think gouldian... these are truly beautiful birds in their own right.
This is a blue back bird with two factors of the pastel (yellow). |
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The red throated parrot finch is an active and comical finch. Colors of Christmas red and green adorn both the male and female. Mutations of this species are the sea green, which has a green/blue body with a salmon/peach colored head, throat, and tail. Another mutation is the pied. The body is green and yellow with the red head, throat, and tail. In the seagreen the body would be bluish with white. |
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The Zebra Finch is a comical little bird. The "beep, beep, beep" chirp is a happy sound. These birds come in a variety of patterns in shades of white, grey, fawn, black, cream, orange, chestnut brown, and charcoal. This finch is very domesticated and is quite calm in the presence of humans. A great beginners finch due to it's hardiness, affordability, and ease of breeding. It is so endearing that after all these years this common little finch still fasinates me. |
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Goldbreast Waxbills are a lively, musical little finch, only 3 inches. Beautiful in an aviary where their whimsical personalities will entertain you for hours. |
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The Scarlet Chested Parakeet, also known as the Splendid is a real beauty. They have a very quiet voice and a sweet disposition. They are close to the size of a cockatiel or large budgie. They come in other color mutations and are best kept as pairs. They breed only with a nest box. A comical and endearing bird. |
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