Pajarita wrote:Yes, yellow is normal on them but not on the wings, those are supposed to be a solid, bright emerald green -at least the contours...
Pajarita wrote:Yes, they do get yellow edges on their rectrices but I think [I am not sure because Javi has been in soft molt until recently so he hasn't had a full molt with me, yet] this is because the integrity of the feather is compromised from the rubbing of the edges against whatever so they 'lose' the blue-reflecting capability and show the yellow color given by a pigment. But the OP was asking about yellow feathers on his bird's wings which are not supposed to have any yellow on them.
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