Cockatiel Patterns and Mutations
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Normal/Gray Cockatiels
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Normal Gray is the most common and the original Cockatiel first found in Australia.
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Normal Gray Baby
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White Face Gray Baby
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Pastel Face Gray Baby
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Normal Gray Adult Male
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Pastel Face Gray/Pied Baby
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Normal Gray Adult Male
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White Face Gray Adult Male
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White Face Gray Baby
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White Face Gray Baby
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DYC Gray Baby
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M1 Pied Cockatiels
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There are no distinguishable markings between Male and Female Pied birds. There can be a lot of light or white, "a heavy Pied" or they can just have yellow on the back of their head, "a split pied".
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Pied
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Cinnamon Pied
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White Face Pied
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DYC Pied
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White Face Pearl Pied
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Pastel Face Pied
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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Pastel Face Pearl Pied
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Pied
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White Face Pearl Heavy Pied
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Pastel Face Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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Pastel Face Pied
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Pied
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Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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Clear Pied
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M2 Lutino Cockatiels
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Lutino babies, Females, and adult males all look alike. If you look close, you may be able to see strpes on the tale feathers of the babies and the Females that will not be on the adult males. Both are born with red eyes.
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Lutino
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White Face Lutino
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Pastel Face Lutino
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DYC Pearl Lutino
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Pearl Lutino
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Pastel Face Pearl Lutino
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Pearl Lutino
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Lutino
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Cinnamon Pearl Lutino
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DYC Lutino
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M3 PEARL/Oplaine/Laced Cockatiels
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Adult male cockaCockatiels lose their pearl markings at about one year in age. At this time they look like a normal gray bird. The Females will keep the pearl markings for their lifetime .
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Pearl
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Cinnamon Pearl
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White Face Pearl
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DYC Cinnamon Pearl
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Pearl Female
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Pearl Lutino
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White Face Pearl Pied
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White Face Pearl Fallow
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Pastel Face Pearl
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl
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M4 Cinnamon/Isablle/Fawn Cockatiels
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Cinnamon CockaCockatiels are just like normal grays, but a lighter color. The Females look like the babies.
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Cinnamon split to Pied
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Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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Pastel Face Cinnamon Pied
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Cinnamon Pearl
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Cinnamon Pearl
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DYC Cinnamon Pearl Male
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Yellow Cheek Cinnamon Pearl
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl
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Cinnamon Pearl Lutino
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DYC Cinnamon
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M5 Recessive Silver/RS Cockatiels
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Recessive Silver CockaCockatiels have red eyes, and must have a split silver or visual silver gen in both parents.
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Pearl Recessive Silver
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Normal Recessive Silver
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White Face Pearl Pied "R" Silver
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DYC Recessive Silver
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Normal Recessive Silver
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M6 Fallow Cockatiels
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Male Fallows are darker than the Females. The male looks almost like a cinnamon and the Female looks like a lutino. They all have red eyes.
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Fallow Female
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Fallow Male
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Pearl Fallow Male Baby
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White Face Fallow Baby
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White Face Fallow
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WhiteFace Pearl Fallow Male
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WhiteFace Fallow Female
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WhiteFace Fallow Male
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WhiteFace Pearl Fallow
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WhiteFace Pearl Fallow
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M7 White Face/Charcoal WF Cockatiels
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White Face Cockatiels have no yellow or orange color in their feather.
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White Face Gray
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White Face Pearl
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White Face Cinnamon
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White Face Lutino
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White Face Fallow
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White Face Pearl Pied
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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White Face Gray
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White Face Pied
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M8 Dominant Silver Cockatiels
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Dominant Silver will appear paler, with a brownish wash to their plumage. Their eyes are brown and the beak and legs are charcoal to black.
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Dominant Silver Male
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Dominant Silver Female
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Dominant Silver Pearl
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SF Dominant Silver Whiteface Pied
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SF Dominant Silver Male
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M9 Pastel Face/PF Cockatiels
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Pastel Face Cockatiels have a peach colored cheek patch.
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Pastel Face Gray /pied
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Pastel Face Pearl
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Pastel Face Cinnamon Pearl
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PF Pearl Lutino
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Pastel Face Pied
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Pastel Face Pied
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PF Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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PF Pearl Pied
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PF Cinnamon Pearl Pied
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Pastel Face Lutino
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M10 Sex-Linked Yellowcheek Cockatiels
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In order to get visual SLYC of both sexes both parents must carry the gene.
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SLYC Cinnamon Pied Female
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SLYC Cinnamon Pearl Male
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SLYC Cinnamon Pearl Split to Pied
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SLYC Fallow Cinnamon Pearl
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SLYC Pearl
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M11 Dominant Yellow Cheek/DYC Cockatiels
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Some DYC Cockatiels have a much lighter cheek patch and some look like pastel face Cockatiels. They are easy to ID, if they are the light yellow color.
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DYC Gray
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DYC Lutino
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DYC Pearl Male Baby
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DYC Cinnamon
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DYC Cinnamon Pearl
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DYC Pearl Lutino
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DYC Pied
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DYC Pearl
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DYC Pearl
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DYC Pearl
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M12 Gold Cheek Cockatiels
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Adolescent Gold Cheeks
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M13 Emerald/Olive/Dilute Suffused Yellow or Silver Cockatiels
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Emerald Male
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Emerald Pastelface
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M14 Creamface Cockatiels
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Creamfaces visually looks like a combination of Whiteface and Pastelface.
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Creamface Pearl Cinnamon
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Ceramface Lutino
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Ceramface
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Normal Creamface Male
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Pewter Cockatiel
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The Pewter Cockatiel Mutation is exclusive to Australia
Lighter than normal grey but the tone is darker than cinnamon and the feet are much darker compared to the cinnamon.
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Right Petwer - Left Cinnamon
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