Kakarikis Blue

Kakariki Mutations

Kakarikis come in several different mutations.

This MALE is approx 3 years old - Turquoise is an autosomal recessive mutation that results in the birds inability to produce yellow pigment. The resultant bird appears blue as a result (Blue + Yellow = Green). The red on the crown and eye stripe is not fully affected and appears as a Salmon color instead. You will often see this color incorrectly referred to as blue or even aqua, but it is actually ParBlue (more colloquially referred to as Turquoise). 

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