17/05/2023
Parrots Colors And Mutations..
Opaline and Opaline-blue ( Silver ) mutation of blue & gold macaw
🔴 Blue Opaline or Silver Blue and Gold Macaw Mutation..
Fourth Generation Macaw Mutation:
Silver is produced by a combination of the Blue-mutation Blue & Gold Macaw, and the Opaline-mutation Blue & Gold Macaw.
It takes a minimum of two generations to combine the two said mutations to achieve this visual appearance.
For Silver's case in particular, because her father is also an Opaline Blue-mutation (wherein males require a minimum of three generations to produce), Silver is a fourth-generation or F4. This requires 12-15 years on the part of the breeder.
🔴 Opaline blue yellow or Golden macaw..
( The opaline mutation is s*x linked )
Like the Blue-mutation macaw, this mutation is also sometimes seen- its coolers making it stand out like a jewel- among wild macaw flocks in South America.
The naturally occurring Opaline-mutation is a s*x-linked mutation which causes a reduction in melanin, but enhances psittacin pigments in a pattern that is sometimes referred to as a spread
As a result, hens with opaline genes will always show the pattern (they are termed "visuals"). Males require two copies of the gene to be visuals, so there are far fewer of them. We have noticed subtle differences in males with only one copy of the gene ("splits") that sometimes allow a breeder to tell the difference between a split male and one that has no opaline gene at all.
The opaline B&G was often called the pied, yellow, or golden (sunshine) macaw, so there is some confusion there.
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