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Here you can find, among other things, the international agreements and guidelines on colour mutations in Psittaciformes. The purpose of these agreements and guidelines is to promote communication between enthusiasts by using uniform names and genetic symbols for colour mutations. In order to create support that is as broad, stable, and above all scientifically correct as possible, many of these guidelines have been adopted from scientific sources.

The international guidelines for Psittaciformes consist of the following parts:

Agreements made by various breeders in cooperation with the Australian veterinarian Dr Terry Martin on the Genetics-Psittacine list (1997 to approximately 2008)
Agreements made with various scientists concerning the names of mutations that have already been studied and named in other species
Guidelines of the ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
Existing rules in genetics regarding genetic formulas and symbols

These agreements are regularly updated.

In addition, at the request of various technical committees (TCs), guidelines were established regarding which birds could be accepted at shows. These agreements were made with judges in 2001 in order to maintain recognizability.
Important: these rules may differ between organizations. Each TC has the right to allow exceptions within its own association.