Iknow that cinnamons are supposed to be light brown cinnamon color. Or at least I thought. But, I'm always seeing very light grey pearl cockatiels being described as cinnamon? The reason i ask is because I have a female that is very light grey pearl and then I have 4 of her babies. 2 are very light grey pearls while the others are dark grey pearl. Are the light greys cinnamon or? I haven't had a noticeable cinnamon from this pair. but i know that they do produce cinnamons. any help with this confusion would be appreciated.
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How can i tell the difference between a normal pearl and a cinnamon pearl cockatiel?
Iknow that cinnamons are supposed to be light brown cinnamon color. Or at least I thought. But, I'm always seeing very light grey pearl cockatiels being described as cinnamon? The reason i ask is because I have a female that is very light grey pearl and then I have 4 of her babies. 2 are very light grey pearls while the others are dark grey pearl. Are the light greys cinnamon or? I haven't had a noticeable cinnamon from this pair. but i know that they do produce cinnamons. any help with this confusion would be appreciated.
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Cinnamon Cockatiels and Pearl Cockatiels are another two mutations that are both sex-linked recessive.
The Cinnamon Cockatiels gene effects the melanin pigment by actually stopping the brown pigment being changed to grey or black. The amount of pigment doesn't change at all just the colour of it. The brown colouring that remains should show no shades of grey or black in any form. This brown colour also extends to the eyes, beak, feet and legs as well as just the feathers.
The Pearl Cockatiels gene does not have any visual affect on the colour pigments in the bird but instead it affects the distribution of the colours that are already present. It actually decreases the spread of the grey family of pigments and increases the spread of the yellow pigments. Ind