Possibly a Dumb Question: GCC Beaks

[MyFlock]

I was wondering today why Cinnamon GCCs have a bigger beak size than say, regular, yellow sided or pineapple GCCs? This is possibly a dumb question but I'm just curious :30:

 

[Flboy]

All the better to bite you with!

 

[SilverSage]

They don't in general. A different bird may have a slightly larger beak because of genetics or early nutrition, but it is not mutation based. If you notice that many cinnamon birds seem to carry that trait, I would remind you that we are on an island with very milted bloodlines. There could very well be something in the genetics HERE that isnt universal

 

[MyFlock]

All the better to bite you with!

Haha yes, thats what I was thinking!

 

[MyFlock]

They don't in general. A different bird may have a slightly larger beak because of genetics or early nutrition, but it is not mutation based. If you notice that many cinnamon birds seem to carry that trait, I would remind you that we are on an island with very milted bloodlines. There could very well be something in the genetics HERE that isnt universal

Interesting thank you! I was wondering because Petco has an array of green cheeks in and noticed all the mutations have smaller beaks but the cinnamons have larger ones.

 

[SilverSage]

All the birds at Petco on Oahu come through the same breeder. You may notice all the GCCs from there have a band that says ALOHA. so the chances of every single one of the cinnamons there being related is quite high.