Articles on this Site
- The Greygreen or ‘Olive’ Cockatiel
- Comment on the information available about this relatively new colour form.
Articles on other Sites
- Cockatiel Genetics Pages
An excellent, if necessarily rather terse, account of the basics of genetics by Alan D Mason, of the University of Massachusetts, for those who can cope with the terminology used by professional geneticists.
- R. C. Cockatiels (Robert Cross)
A short description of the Australian Pastel Silver together with photographs and breeding tables. Information on the Platinum (Australian) in preparation. Follow the links on the main page. An allied site G & M Cockatiels also has a photograph of juvenile Pastel Silvers.
Cockatiel Societies.
- The American Cockatiel Society
pages
include a listing of the basic varieties with links to photographs of examples. There is also a Cockatiel Genetics page.
- The National Cockatiel Society
(of America) pages
also include a listing of the basic varieties with links to some excellent photographs.
- The North American Cockatiel Society
pages (slow to download) once again include a listing of the basic varieties with accompanying clickable thumbnail photographs. There is also a genetics page but be aware that standard genetic symbolisation is not followed.
- Australian National Cockatiel Society
pages include a range of articles including one by Mike Anderson outlining his views on the relationship between the Platinum and Lutino (Ino) after many years breeding these varieties together: Platinum and Lutino: Genetic Interaction.
Links to breeders, photographs, and information.
- Rick Solis’ Cockatiel World
Nicely designed pages by a leading American exhibition breeder with much information for the Cockatiel breeder.
- Elsie’s Cockatiel Mutations
pages include photographs of a wide range of varieties; in particular, some of the ‘Olive’ variation together with brief notes.
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