Yellow cockatoo...?

G3ck0

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Bought a Macaw today from a breeder. He had literally hundreds of birds, was kind of insane. From black cockatoos with red tails, to around 10 macaws, everything you could imagine. But I saw this...

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Googled it later, and I can find basically no info. 2 pictures, and an article about it being rare? What's up with it? Never seen or heard about anything like this existing.
 

SilverSage

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G3ck0

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Honestly didn't think to ask, I didn't realise it was anything that special until I got home and tried to research it.
 

plumsmum2005

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Do please ask if ever the chance arises but at a guess it could be diet or cross breeding or may be possible to a rogue gene popping up every once is a while? Hope above all the bird is happy and healthy whatever colour he is.
 

chris-md

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It looks so unusual. A quick google search shows it's likely a support created cockatoo. Some do seem to be yellow. No explanations for it but there are photos out there
 

Scott

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Fascinating and beautiful, hopefully just an aberrant product of nature.
 

Owlet

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From what I can find its just a rare gene that appears in sulfur/yellow crested cockatoo that causes them to be yellow all over instead of just under the wings and such. Idk how legitimate that information is though as I can only find one source saying it and it's not a very credible source
 
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Dinosrawr

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I wonder if it's the same idea as a leucistic RTB2. Though it wouldn't make much sense to me if a naturally white bird appeared yellow when leucistic, but it could be a possibility. I also came across an image of a SC2 crossed with a Galah that produced a yellow SC2 looking 'too with grey on the wings/body (referred to as a "Cockalah"). It could too just be a recessive gene or a mutation where the entire body is yellow, like Owlet mentioned.
 

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