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About LinkBacksSo this website claims there's a lutino and blue alex mutation. I'd believe it since the IRN have tons of colors but it's the first I've seen/heard of it!
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Alexandrine color mutations?
This is a discussion on Alexandrine color mutations? within the Ringneck and other Keet Street forums, part of the Species Speedway category.
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08-02-2012, 04:44 AM #1
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Alexandrine color mutations?
And and 3 extra parrotlets since signature was made
(plus a horse, bunny, 4 turtles and a 90 gal reef tank)
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08-02-2012, 04:48 AM #2
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
In Aus the Alex mutations are bred with IRN and then bred back up too normal alex size...I don't know what the go is in the US.
I just always laugh at how expensive they are for considering.
Here's a site explaining it then the for sale shows you the prices!!
FAQLast edited by vampstorso; 08-02-2012 at 05:02 AM.
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08-02-2012, 04:58 AM #3
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
$15000 for an alex?!?!?! Makes sense how they do it but that's just crazy. And cross breeding just to get colors...kinda crazy. I like my big green monster!
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08-02-2012, 09:14 AM #4
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
There are both naturally occuring alexandrine mutations as well as hybrids. Besides size, beak and head shape, the best way to tell a hybrid from a pure is the red wing patch. A hybrid may have a jagged patch where-as a non-hybrid will have the typical alexandrine patch.
Here's the website for some natural mutations!
Psittacula eupatriaOwn a unique hybrid? Or know of one? Would you like to add photos to a growing gallery of hybrid parrots?
Let me know at Flickr: Hybrid Parrots Group!
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08-02-2012, 09:22 AM #5
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
A lot I see are actually hybrids.
But they sure are striking, either way. :O
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08-03-2012, 04:24 AM #6
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
That's a great website thanks! I'm starting to wonder if Emmy is a bit of a hybrid although I don't think so since she's big for a female.
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08-03-2012, 06:46 AM #7
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
I know of a few breeders here in Australia that breed different Alexandrine mutations. Here are two:
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08-03-2012, 08:49 AM #8
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Re: Alexandrine color mutations?
Originally Posted by Renae
All these alexandrines are hybrids... they even state as such...
Mutations In The Alexandrine Parrot
"Since Australia has closed its doors to the legal importation of exotic parrots, all coloured mutations of the Alexandrine parrot that are in existance within Australia are from hybridising with the Indian Ringneck parrot (Psittacula Krameri Manillensis)."
Although I don't see anywhere specifically stating that these alexandrines are hybrids, it's easy to tell by how he calls the mutations... i.e. 31/32 or 15/16 or 7/8 or 3/4. These are terms used to describe what generation of hybrid they are. Originally Posted by Renae
I believe that the OP was interested in pure species mutations, not cross-over mutations (aka hybrids) such as those found in Australia.
Tay/Kaleigh, as far as I am aware (and I could be wrong here), USA hasn't been hybridizing alex's or IRN's to create mutations, let alone hybrids between the two species unless accidentally... so I would doubt that your alex is a hybrid, unless we have different subspecies of alexandrines within captivity... in which case, there's a chance.
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