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    13/07/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Een paar weken geleden zijn we opnieuw gestart met een cursus kleurmutaties. De deelnemers aan deze reeks komen allemaal uit de reservelijst van onze vorige

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  • FAQ: Can pallid revert back to SL ino?

    27/07/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: Is it possible that, after several generations, the offspring of a pallid hen suddenly produce only SL ino young, assuming we are certain that

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  • FAQ: Naming order in mutation combinations

    27/04/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: Naming order in mutation combinations Enthusiasts often like to combine different color mutations. This raises the question: in what order should the names of

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  • FAQ: melanin, eumelanin, phaeomelanin, melanocytes, melanosomes and keratinocytes?

    20/03/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Nederlandse versie onderaan FAQ: When studying your articles on feather structure, terms such as melanin, eumelanin, phaeomelanin, melanocytes, melanosomes and keratinocytes in bird feathers are

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  • FAQ: Can a DNA or blood test detect the presence of colour mutations (split factor) in the genome?

    01/03/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Nederlandse versie onderaan FAQ: Can a DNA or blood test detect the presence of colour mutations in the genome? We’ve been receiving this question more

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  • FAQ: pallidino or PallidIno?

    06/12/2025 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: The international guidelines state that combinations of alleles should be written as one word and that the names of both alleles must begin with

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20 years Ornitho-Genetics VZW

22/01/2025 Dirk Van den Abeele General One comment

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

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20 Years Ornitho-Genetics

01/01/2025 Dirk Van den Abeele General 5 comments

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

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FAQ: What about ‘isabel’ canary? [Serinus canaria].

16/12/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General 3 comments

FAQ: I checked the list of colour mutations in your book “Erfelijkheid bij vogels”, but what struck me was that

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New IUCN Species Survival Commission Wild Parrot Specialist Group

12/11/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

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

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Agapornis fischeri with…. orange nails…

02/11/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

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

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NSL ino bird with grey primaries/ spots

27/10/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: what is de reason behind NSL ino birds (with red eyes) with coloured spots in the feathers or greyish

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Questions on fallow mutants in Genus Agapornis

01/10/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

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

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Blue-winged parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius

25/08/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

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

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Agaporniden deel 1 en deel 2

06/08/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele Books, General

Via de uitgeverij hebben we de hand kunnen leggen op nog een aantal exemplaren van mijn boeken Agaporniden deel 1

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Laatste exemplaren Erfelijkheid bij vogels

27/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele Books, General

Via de uitgeverij hebben we de hand kunnen leggen op de laatste exemplaren van mijn boek “Erfelijkheid bij vogels”. U

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Fallow budgerigars [Melopsittacus undulatus]

19/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

As part of a general study into the fallow types in various parakeet species, we are looking for breeders of

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Cinnamon Agapornis personatus

17/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Bird from the collection of Mr. Jazfer Marte (The Philippines)

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Revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots

14/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

A proposal for a revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no.

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FAQ: How do you go about determining the names of new mutants?

27/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ

FAQ: How do you go about determining the names of new mutants? To begin with, I would like to correct

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FAQ: What about the use of asterisks **

25/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: What about the use of asterisks **? When do we use asterisks with a name? When there are still

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A warm memory of Wessel

10/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Today we received the sad news that Wessel van der Veen passed away a few days ago. Wessel was one

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