In albino cockatiels all color pigments have been removed. You're left with a white bird, that has red eyes, beak, and feet. The white face gene mutation is responsible for creating albinos from lutinos.
In cinnamon cockatiels, the feathers are brown instead of grey.
They still keep the cockatiel's original colorings of yellow face and crest,
dark eyes, but their beaks and feet are grey.
Fallow Cockatiels
Fallow cockatiels are very similar to cinnamons. They share the
brown colored body feathers, and have the same face and crest colors, but their
eyes are red, and they have pink feet and beaks.
Lutino Cockatiels
Lutinos are missing all of their gray/brown coloring, so theses
birds are either white or light yellow feathered, except for the crests and
faces, which keep their normal colors. Other parts of these cockatiels are
colored normally.
Normal Color Cockatiels
This is the cockatiel's natural color scheme, mostly dark grey,
with red cheek patches. The males have a yellow face and crest, which is
greyish in the females. The females have yellow, marbled tail feathers. The
break and claws are pink in their natural coloring, and their eyes are dark.
Olive Cockatiels
Olive birds have a greenish tint to their feathers, that can range from dark to light pastel, and is really a mix of yellow and
gray. Also, olive cockatiels feathers are like those of the pearl birds, with
the feathers being darker at the edges, and lighter in the center.
Pearl Cockatiels
In the normal pearl color
mutation, the center of the cockatiel's feathers have lost their grey, and appear yellow instead. You can have pearl
cockatiels mixed with other color mutations, giving you variations on the
coloring.
Pied Cockatiels
Pied cockatiels have random patches of feathers that are yellow
instead of gray, and these patches can vary in size. Many pied cockatiels are
more yellow than gray, and some have no gray at all, making them look like
lutinos - but you can tell them apart because pieds have dark eyes.
White-face Cockatiels
I think the name gives it away, but I'll say it anyway: White
Faced cockatiels have white faces. Surprised? These cockatiels have white faces
because they're not able to produce red or yellow pigments for their facial
feathers.
Yellow-cheek Cockatiels
With yellow cheek cockatiels the bright orange cheek patches are
gone, so their faces are completely yellow.
There are two types of
silver cockatiel, and as you might expect, they both make the bird look a
silvery color, instead of the normal grey. If you're curious, you can find out
about the differences between them.
Pastel face cockatels have
normal facial coloring, except that the colors are muted, and faded looking.
You can find pastel faced cockatiels in many color schemes, from normal to
cinnamon pearl and beyond.
Gold-cheek Cockatiels
As you might expect, gold cheek cockatiels have golden cheek
patches, instead of the normal orange ones.
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