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Pairi Daiza Foundation is working for the reintroduction of the Spix’s Macaw in Brazil

03/05/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Pairi Daiza and the Pairi Daiza Foundation, in close collaboration with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP), the Chico Mendes Institute for

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FAQ: what alleles are known/proven of the SL ino gene?

21/04/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ

FAQ: what alleles are known/proven of the SL ino gene? Till now, five different alleles  of the SL ino gene are proven. I will list

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Pale mutation in Indian Ringneck parrot?

15/04/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

I had recently an interesting conversation with Mr. Chris Antony, a bird breeder from Australia. He informed me about a rare colour mutation in ringneck

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Indian ringneck parrot

11/04/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In the context of a DNA study into the genome of the Indian ringneck parrot (Psittacula krameri), we would like to get in touch with

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FAQ: what about capitals in scientific names?

28/03/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ

FAQ: what about capitals in scientific names? The genus name is written first, followed by the species name and – when appropriate – the name

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FAQ: Neophema bourkii or Neopsephotus bourkii

16/03/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ

FAQ: Some taxonomist list include Bourke’s parrot in Neophema others in Neopsephotus. Is it Neophema bourkii or Neopsephotus bourkii? Bourke’s parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii), was indeed

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Mutations in Cockatiels [Nymphicus hollandicus ]

01/03/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

As announced last week we will update MutaBase in the upcoming weeks with the list of colour mutations in Cockatiels [Nymphicus hollandicus ] and it

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MutaBase

27/02/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In early 2000, Dr Terry Martin BVSc, published his book “A Guide to Colour Mutations and Genetics in Parrots” containing a list of colour mutations

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FAQ: eye color young pale Agapornis fischeri

08/02/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

FAQ: some breeder claims that they have pale Agapornis fischeri and that not all pale youngsters are born with red eyes. Is this correct? That

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List colour mutations in Forpus coelestis

06/02/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

On request we published a list of proven and possible colour mutations in Forpus coelestis. You can consult it on our download page

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DNA Research 2022 – update

01/02/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In the past months, with the help from several enthusiasts, we were able to collect feathers from different colour mutations. Today, these feathers arrived safely

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FAQ: How to determine the reduction percentage of the eumelanin for colour mutations?

21/01/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ 2 comments

FAQ: How to determine the reduction percentage of the eumelanin for colour mutations? We often read in the standards and articles that, for example, pastel

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