SF or DF edged
 
D green
DD green
lutino & albino
pastel
blue - D blue - DD blue
SF & DF violet
SF & DF edged
dominant pied
recessive pied
mottle
slaty
dark eye clear
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Here, we have to deal with a partial melanin reduction in the plumage. This mutation inherits as an incomplete dominant character. This means also, that there are no birds who are split for Edged dilution.

There are penotypical differences amongst SF and DF birds. Sometimes we see also major differences, in appearance, amongst mutual SF birds.

SINGLE FACTORED EDGED

  • partial melanin reduction of 50% on the body and the wings are somewhat darker

  • not all SF birds are equally marked, it depends on the reduction

  • the cocks shows usally the best markings, buth there are hens with better markings than usally

  • the edge of the feathers of a green bird, keeps their normal green colour, so we obtain the edged effect

  • when we have a bird with the best bleaching (40 to 50%), then becomes the centre of the feathers very light green to almost yellow, a kind of pearled effect

  • in blue birds, the wing coverts show light grey sports

  • the flight feathers, the legs and toes are practicaly unaltered

  • the rest of the body displays an equal bleaching

DOUBLE FACTORED EDGED

This type of bird is easally recognized.

GREEN BIRDS (picture on the left):

  • dirty yellow birds

  • light grey flights feathers

  • clear mouldy colour at the bend of the wings and at the top of the wing coverts

  • the mask has tendency to become smaler but has to be unaltered with respect to the wild type

  • colour of the legs ans toes practicaly unaltered

BLUE BIRDS  (picture on the right):

  • very light blue till very light grey birds

  • white masks

  • mouldy effect at the top of the wings

  • colour of the legs ans toes practicaly unaltered
     

© Dirk Van den Abeele
Fischer's Lovebird D green
SF Edged

© Marilyn Mccall
Fischer's Lovebird Blue
DF Edged (own breeding)


CONFUSION WITH PASTEL BIRDS

  • pastel birds inherits as a recessive character

  • pastel birds have a dilution of 50% all over the body

  • therefore not only the body colour is bleached, but also the flight feathers

  • these show light grey in the best specimens and even white, in the worst specimens