Any ideas on what breed of Parakeet I have?

[emma33]

Any ideas on what mutation of Parakeet I have? (edited)

I got him/her (I refer to it as her) from the pet store about 2 weeks ago. If you can't see it from the attachment, she is yellow with a green underside and white patches by her eyes. She also has brownish black tips on her wing feathers. Thanks in advance

 

[ParrotLover2001]

Not a breed, but a mutation.
You mentioned brown black markings on her wings? So my guess is her mutation is recessive pied cinnamon?
She's definitely recessive pied, but it's not too clear from the photo if she is a cinnamon or not.

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[FlyBirdiesFly]

Parrots don’t come in different breeds like dogs and cats, they have species and some species have various color mutations.

Your parakeet’s species is a budgie, full name budgerigar. Not all parakeets are budgies, but the terms budgie and parakeet are often used interchangeably for the species. Parakeet is really just a term for small parrots with long tails. For example, Bourke’s parakeet, red rump parakeet, scarlet chested parakeet, Indian ringneck parakeet, plum headed parakeet, etc.

Budgies have many different color mutations, and yours is probably a recessive pied. There are so many budgie mutations that it’s hard to keep track of sometimes. She might also be a cinnamon, or an opaline, or something else in addition to recessive pied. I am not an expert on budgie mutations though. Here are a couple links that might be helpful: https://www.cutelittlebirdiesaviary.com/recessive-pied-budgies.html
https://www.cutelittlebirdiesaviary.com/budgie-mutation-and-color-guide.html

She is gorgeous, by the way!

 

[emma33]

Parrots don’t come in different breeds like dogs and cats, they have species and some species have various color mutations.

Your parakeet’s species is a budgie, full name budgerigar. Not all parakeets are budgies, but the terms budgie and parakeet are often used interchangeably for the species. Parakeet is really just a term for small parrots with long tails. For example, Bourke’s parakeet, red rump parakeet, scarlet chested parakeet, Indian ringneck parakeet, plum headed parakeet, etc.

Budgies have many different color mutations, and yours is probably a recessive pied. There are so many budgie mutations that it’s hard to keep track of sometimes. She might also be a cinnamon, or an opaline, or something else in addition to recessive pied. I am not an expert on budgie mutations though. Here are a couple links that might be helpful: https://www.cutelittlebirdiesaviary.com/recessive-pied-budgies.html
https://www.cutelittlebirdiesaviary.com/budgie-mutation-and-color-guide.html

She is gorgeous, by the way!

Thanks so much!

 

[emma33]

Not a breed, but a mutation.
You mentioned brown black markings on her wings? So my guess is her mutation is recessive pied cinnamon?
She's definitely recessive pied, but it's not too clear from the photo if she is a cinnamon or not.

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Thanks for your help!

 

[EllenD]

Yes, it's a recessive pied Budgie, but I don't believe cinnamon...just a recessive-pied yellow Budgie...Cannot tell the sex yet as the bird is too young, their cere colors continue to change up until about a year old, so you can't visually sex them until they are close to a year...With the recessive-pied Budgies they don't have the dark black bars on their foreheads to indicate an estimate of age, but I can tell just by looking at your bird's face/head/eyes that he/she is quite young yet, probably around 4-5 months old or so...So you have a way to go before you'll be able to tell it's sex...

Just so you can watch for the color of your bird's cere to change as an indication of it's sex (right now it's cere is solid pink, which would indicate a male, but again it's far too soon to make that guess, as all Budgies are born with either solid pink or solid white ceres):

Males: Ceres are either solid pink, solid blue, or solid purple.

Females: Ceres are either solid white, solid tan/cream, solid brown, or blue with white rings around each nostril.

Figure in the the next 2-3 months you should see your bird's cere either change colors to it's permanent color for you to sex them by, or if it doesn't change colors and it stays solid pink then your bird is a male.

 

[emma33]

Thanks!