Different colored female electus..?

[itsjoyceduh]

Hey everyone! So i came across this ad on craigslist and this is a female electus but why is her color different from the normal female electus? I thought male is always green and female is always red, but the female i usually see are red and purple.. this one is red and green. Is it some type of mutation?

 

[SilverSage]

Yikes! Are we sure it's an Eckie? My first thought is major internal issues due to diet, but that would have to be pretty extreme.

 

[chris-md]

I'm going with a mutation where yellow pigment is being produced along with the blue that is supposed to be there. Very cool!

 

[Anansi]

Actually, some females do grow in some green feathers initially. But she should lose all that by her next molt.

That's the heaviest "greening" that I've seen, though.

And Dani, I have seen a female with even more extreme color variation than that due to diet, but her red feathers had turned shades of red and orange rather than the green you see here.

 

[Dopey]

There is one in Northern Virginia that looks like that. Older bird. DNAd male I think.

 

[Kiwibird]

Perhaps it is intersex? I'm sure that has to happen in a very small portion of the parrot population.

 

[Birdman666]

That's a lot of baby greens, I think it's the most I've seen... (but I rarely see baby eckies, so I'm no expert.)

This is a baby. The green on the females usually goes away at first molt, just like the reds on the males usually goes away on the first molt.

 

[itsjoyceduh]

oh. Thanks everyone. I was just confused when i came across this ad and thought Id share it with you guys haha. I was like is this a boy... or girl..? because a boy is all green.. haaha