Author: Dirk Van den Abeele

We are urgently looking for feathers of: Agapornis personatus: violet (can be in combination with other mutations) Agapornis fischeri: violet

In the upcoming BVA-International digital magazine from February 2025 I have publish three new articles: An article on dun fallow

Today we are taking a day off to celebrate our anniversary, because today marks exactly 20 years since Ornitho-Genetics VZW

For our DNA research, we already collected DNA samples (feathers) of different colour mutations in different genera. For the next

Nederlandse versie onderaan Dear visitor, To begin with, I want to wish you all the best for 2025 and let

In the upcoming BVA-International digital magazine from December 2024 I have publish three new articles: An article on the fallow

With nearly 400 species, parrots are a remarkably diverse taxon. However, with almost one-third of species categorized as threatened on

Sometimes we see phenotypes that are not always easy to explain. Just look at the photo below. This bird clearly

A few days ago we had an interesting (private) webinar on epigenetic mechanisms in birds. It was good to see

Yesterday was our annual meeting with the BVA-International board and we agreed that, just like in previous years, in 2025,

We receive the last weeks lots of questions on fallow mutants in Genus Agapornis. There is a copy of  my

Yesterday, Fabio Schunck published: “Blue-winged parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius (Aves: Psittacidae), feeding over water in Southeast Brazil”. This is a very