Unusual Parrot Mutations

[zazanomore]

Just wondering, are there any albino macaws?

[sora no tori]

This one is not a color mutation, but it's a mutant for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFMXrBWs ... re=related
Natural selection would not favor this little guy. If I'm right, that's a genetic defect that causes feathers to grow continuously like hair.

[parrotsareyay]

The best reason to be against hybrids and "fancy mutations" is because they perpetuate a lot of unhealthy inbreeding which leads to many other problems.

I also want to put out is that hybridization could lead to the "extinction" of normal species with us as breeders would hybrid more and breed normal species would go away. We have a limited gene pool here.

[coolhady13]

the coolest hybrid parrot i seen is the galah cockatiel

[parrotsareyay]

This one is not a color mutation, but it's a mutant for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFMXrBWs ... re=related
Natural selection would not favor this little guy. If I'm right, that's a genetic defect that causes feathers to grow continuously like hair.

Oh yes, the infamous dustfeather mutation. No one really knows how it happened other than it happened. They don't live long because of the feathers and it's hard to do anything with them.