Does my female pacific parrotlet have a mutation?

[greenmarshal]

Does my female parrotlet have a mutation on her rumpus?

Also when we bought her the breeders sold her as a guy, and we only found out she was a she when she laid an egg.

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[Love My Zons]

Pacific parrotlets have a blue back, and blue wings. Males have the little blue eye streak.

Is she a green rump?

 

[greenmarshal]

No shes a pacific parrotlet, but from what I heard they say the females do not get as much blue on their eyes and are supposed to have no blue on their rumpus. Websites say its rare for hens to have blue on their rumpus and I just wanted to know what other people think.

 

[Laurie]

She is probably of a subspecies known as lucida. Still a Pacific Parrotlet but a less common subspecies. The hens can have blue on the rump and eyes but still lack the blue flight feathers.

Sandy Molenda, long time parrotlet breeder used to have an article online but has retired and I guess taken the website down.

 

[GracefulWolf]

It’s not rare for females to have blue rumps. But females never have blue in their wings. Only males have cobalt blue in their wings. Green rumps always have green rumps. The reason for the name lol.

 

[greenmarshal]

Hi it looks like she has some blue on her wings

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[Shyld]

There is a significant difference when its a male. They have A LOT of blue on their wings and that little doesnt make a difference. If she was a male, her primaries and secondaries would be very very blue and you could tell at a first glance. She is a normal green female pacific parrotlet (A very cute one also )