What type of IRN do i have?

[Angela_2]

Hello ^_^
So when tweety arrived home i thought i have a natural green IRN but with every month passed his colours changed a lot.
His tail was green and now all of the new tail is yellow. As well as his back, upper chest and his wing...
At some point i thought tweety was a girl but now he's getting very dark grey ring and it's getting thicker even day besides his behaviours to other IRN.
I think he'd look something like this in the picture *Opaline greygreen/blue male*
Since his head till now all green
So what you think?
I want to know which type his is because at least I'd know something about him for sure because i don't know the exact age of him unfuourntly :"(
I use this site to figure out his mutations;:

Ringnecks

www.indianringnecks.co.uk

 

[Zara]

Tweety is beautiful
I will tag some members who may be able to help.

@Monica @expressmailtome

 

[zoo mom]

Tweety is beautiful.

 

[Angela_2]

Tweety is beautiful.

Thank you !!!

 

[expressmailtome]

Your bird seems to be a pied or a grizzle. This website has the most complete database of psittacula mutations: Psittacula krameri . @Monica may be able to help you more.

 

[MR. Mango]

Really beautiful seems like an ombré, tweety is probably around 17 months since that is the typical age when irn males receive their rings

 

[Angela_2]

Really beautiful seems like an ombré, tweety is probably around 17 months since that is the typical age when irn males receive their rings

Oh never heard of ombrè!
Yeah i guess so. I thought he was around 7 to 10 months because he was really small and have pretty bad molting

 

[MR. Mango]

Oh no, it’s not an actual coloration just a way of saying a gradient of colors

 

[Angela_2]

Oh no, it’s not an actual coloration just a way of saying a gradient of colors

I was confused because i didn't know this word XD
*New world added to my dictionary * thank you

 

[Zara]

Angela, did you see the link Expressmailtome posted? It´s very interesting! I didn´t know there were so many mutations!

Your bird seems to be a pied or a grizzle.

Would the beak not rule out pied? OPs bird has black lower mandible, like the description for Grizzle.
Pied states the bird would have red on upper and lower beak.

 

[Monica]

Did he ever have a blue or grey tail feathers? Does appear to be greygreen at minimum. The "/blue" means split blue and is not something you can see visually.


Females can also get a 'ghost' ring... so unless that ring comes in dark like one image your shared, still can't be sure you have a male. Behavior wise, was leaning towards male.


Me personally though? I would recommend finding an avian vet to rule out PBFD. It's a disease that can either kill birds quickly or they can live for several years with feather loss, poor feather quality possibly beak issues. I don't mean to alarm you, just as a precautionary.

 

[expressmailtome]

Angela, did you see the link Expressmailtome posted? It´s very interesting! I didn´t know there were so many mutations!


Would the beak not rule out pied? OPs bird has black lower mandible, like the description for Grizzle.
Pied states the bird would have red on upper and lower beak.

I believe so, but as I am by no means positive I included it so that the poster can google for pictures of other people's birds to get a better idea based on what the bird looks like in person as opposed to in a picture.

 

[Angela_2]

Angela, did you see the link Expressmailtome posted? It´s very interesting! I didn´t know there were so many mutations!


Would the beak not rule out pied? OPs bird has black lower mandible, like the description for Grizzle.
Pied states the bird would have red on upper and lower beak.

Yeah i did. It's very interesting but i still confused though
His upper beak is red and lower in black

 

[Angela_2]

I believe so, but as I am by no means positive I included it so that the poster can google for pictures of other people's birds to get a better idea based on what the bird looks like in person as opposed to in a picture.

I googled every type i see similar but still not sure yet

 

[Angela_2]

Did he ever have a blue or grey tail feathers? Does appear to be greygreen at minimum. The "/blue" means split blue and is not something you can see visually.


Females can also get a 'ghost' ring... so unless that ring comes in dark like one image your shared, still can't be sure you have a male. Behavior wise, was leaning towards male.


Me personally though? I would recommend finding an avian vet to rule out PBFD. It's a disease that can either kill birds quickly or they can live for several years with feather loss, poor feather quality possibly beak issues. I don't mean to alarm you, just as a precautionary.

I didn't see any blue feathers anywhere....
I got what you meant by ghost ring but what tweety has is getting more darker till now. So yes I'm not sure yet anyway.

Oh my God i don't have any vet around
This disease scares me since i got him because he was badly molting but now he looks fine. I wish if i have vet around to check everything though
Thank you for sharing those btw

 

[Monica]

If there are absolutely no avian vets you can get to, you can always try sending a sample to a lab. I'm not familiar with labs, nor am I sure how accurate they are, but here is one possibility.

Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) | Animal Genetics UK

Animal Genetics UK offers genetic testing for Type 1 and Type 2 Psittacine Circovirus, the virus that causes Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease in birds. ELISA testing can confirm the presence of PBFD-specific antibodies.

www.animalgenetics.eu