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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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update on red – orange Agapornis fischeri

27/07/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Willie Mathews from South-Africa reported us that, after he bred the first *orange* Agapornis fischeri in 2015, he now can

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Questions & Answers

17/06/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

This afternoon, during a zoom meeting with 200 breeders/fanciers, I answered their questions about colour mutations for two hours. It

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Interesting paper: Conservation status and threats to lovebirds: knowledge gaps and research priorities

09/06/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

This Interesting paper:Conservation status and threats to lovebirds: knowledge gaps and research priorities is published today.  Believe me, this is

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Forpus coelestis teal?

07/05/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

A PPR (Partial Psittacine Reduction) mutation has been known for several years in Forpus coelestis. This mutation is considered turquoise

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Cinnamon Agapornis fischeri

10/04/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In 2019 I received a message from a Dutch enthusiast and photos of a possible cinnamon Agapornis fischeri. Now almost

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Pallid Agapornis fischeri

26/03/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

It has been more than two years since, through this blog and a webinar hosted by ACP, we issued a

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FAQ: Crossing-overs on the sex-chromosomes

20/03/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: Crossing-overs on the sex-chromosomes Question: can a crossing-over between two mutations on the sex chromosomes arise in hens and

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FAQ: Pheomelanin and eumelanin in canaries [Serinus canaria]

04/02/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele Canary - Finches, FAQ, General

FAQ: Pheomelanin and eumelanin in canaries [Serinus canaria]. Some canary enthusiasts wonder if there are several types of eumelanin or

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On request: list articles available in the BVA Memberlogin

12/01/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

On request we created a page with our articles that are available in the BVA Memberlogin Articles available in the

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Eurasian Bullfinch mysteries – Goudvink mysteries

02/12/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General One comment

English translation below Deze week werden we gecontacteerd door Dhr. Rudi Liebens. Deze liefhebber van goudvinken [Pyrrhula pyrrhula] had recent

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FAQ: Riparian Parrotlet

24/11/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: Riparian Parrotlet? We have recently discovered on a website info about Forpus Crasirostris, the strange thing is that they

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MutaBase: colour mutations in Pyrrhura (Psittacidae)

29/10/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General, MutaBase

We added an overview of colour mutations in Pyrrhura in MutaBase. As always, this is a basic list and can

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FAQ: what about fallow Pyrrhura molinae?

02/10/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General 3 comments

FAQ: what about fallow Pyrrhura molinae? There are a lot of questions about the fallow Pyrrhura molinae, but the most

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FAQ: Taxonomic classification of the genus Pyrrhura?

24/09/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: What is the contemporary taxonomic classification of the genus Pyrrhura? This is the most recent list. Please keep in

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Study on feather-damaging behavior – FDB

12/07/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Yesterday the results of an interesting study into feather plucking (feather-damaging behavior – FDB) at Agapornis roseicollis is published online.

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MutaBase: mutations in cockatiels [Nymphicus hollandicus]

14/05/2022 Dirk Van den Abeele MutaBase

We added an overview of colour mutations in cockatiels [Nymphicus hollandicus] in MutaBase. As always, this is a basic list

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