Is it rare for a Albino cockatiel to have blue/grey eyes?
My Female Albino has blue/grey eyes!! When I asked the breeder if it was abino he said no cause it didn't have red eyes!! I will show a picture later!! But every time I take a picture her eyes are red!! Shes is a albino cause I don't know if there is a white cockatiel, I know the lutinos, because i have one but shes a pure white bird, Lutino/whiteface.
Thanks, Melissa
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
Is It Rare?
crazy4reptiles88
Jun 11, 2008 09:33 AM
Replies (2)
PHIggysbirds
Jun 11, 2008 10:26 PM
As I had mentioned before LOL I am not very good with the mutations so I did a little research on several sites. A whiteface lutino (albino) (considered an artificial albino or sex-linked albino) will on most occassions have pink legs, beak, and red/pink eyes. That being said when searching the sites I did find a few (but not a lot) of references to whiteface lutinos with blue grey eyes. Some said this may be a cinnamon or pied coloration coming through from its breeding line. Either way they are not considered an albino but yes they do seem to be quite a bit rarer than a red eyed one. I really don't know what this amounts to when placing a dollar value on them and it would probably depend on when selling if you sold to another breeder wanting these characteristics or if selling to an individual wanting a pet quality bird, that just happened to be this color.
kimforster
Jul 06, 2008 09:58 PM
>>Is it rare for a Albino cockatiel to have blue/grey eyes?
>>My Female Albino has blue/grey eyes!! When I asked the breeder if it was abino he said no cause it didn't have red eyes!! I will show a picture later!! But every time I take a picture her eyes are red!! Shes is a albino cause I don't know if there is a white cockatiel, I know the lutinos, because i have one but shes a pure white bird, Lutino/whiteface.
>>Thanks, Melissa
Your breeder is right. A TRUE albino only has red eyes, not blue/grey or any other colour.
A lutino cockatiel is often mistaken as an albino. They're almost identical, even down to the red eye colour, but yours not having red eyes is a VERY definite indication that it is not albino.
The red eye you get from taking pictures is simply called red eye. It happens with most cameras unless you have a red eye reduction setting on your camera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect
