LUTINO GALAH

[Tintola]

Thought some of you might be interested in how much money is flying around your backyard.

Posted by birdienumnums (Gold Coast) on 15-Jul-11 10:51 AM AEST
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2010 Closed rung, DNA sexed, Split cock and Lutino Hen, $2,000 the pair.

Phone 0419 75 99 44 photos on buyabird

[zebman]

Saw a blue galah and split blue at a bird sale in Melbourne last year @ $25.000.

[wagga]

A local parrot breeder has Lutino/Black Eyed White galahs. Last year he bred his BEW's and the smile on his face with his success was overwelming. This soon turned to frustration when he was playing golf on a local course. A flock of galahs landed on the fairway right in front of him was a BEW galah mixed in with the normals. Since then he has noticed others flying around in the district including what he describes as a cinnamon.

[finchbreeder]

Colour varieties: .Colour varieties are: albino, lutino and rubino..Alba(Greek)=white. Luteus (Greek)=yellow. Rubor (Latin)=red. Some examples are: Albino Turdus merula, lutino Budgerigar, lutino Splendid, rubino Galah, rubino Bourke's parrot.
Correct use of Latin or not by some amateur and professional geneticists does not change the correct use of a language that has been around for over 2 centuries.
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LML

[wagga]

So what is the proper name for the incorrectly named Black eyed white Galah mutation? Is it a lutino with black eyes. The black coloured eyes not red is confusing me. Maybe I should borrow Dr Terry Martin's book and have a read.

[jusdeb]

Yes agreed the lack of red /plum eyes threw me too.

[arthur]

Is it the same colour as the 'lutino' . . but with black eyes

OR

Completely white with black eyes

Either way, if it is legal to trap Galahs where you are, you could buy a lot of finches with it

[wagga]

They look like a lutino with black eyes. Admittedly I have not handled the birds and closely inspected them as his birds are parent raised and I value my fingers. The brightness of the white wings is how the local guy initially noticed it in the wild flock.
I would not touch the wild birds due to possible diseases, Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease, that they might carry. Any way they look great but I still prefer my Majors over the galah.

[finchbreeder]

In Budgies they are just called "Blackeyed whites" so maybe that is correct? Or maybe they are a full body colour pied? Don't know enough about the genetic background. But if the wings are whiter than the body? could even be a pied dilute? Oh boy is this a can of worms without knowing more.
LML

[arthur]

Body pink / wings white

Sindel includes a photo of this mutation in his book on Aust. cockatoos and names it as a 'dilute'

Martin refers to a 'dilute' galah in his book, but no photo

Dilute mutations are autosomal recessive, so if this mutation 'popped up' in an aviary, both parents are 'split' for dilute