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The only parrot finches in the aviary are the 2 lutinos. I do have others but I have them in separate aviaries.
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Is it possible that what you think are 2 lutinoes are actually a lutino and a yellow bird of another mutation such as a paryellow or reverse pied bird.
I ask this because I knew a scalet-chested parakeet breeder in Adelaide many years ago who mated 2 blue scarlets together and got normals. I thought the same and suggested that his 2 blues were 2 different mutations.It was the only logical explanation yet it seemed really weird at the time to even suggest that!
Anyway, he DID have 2 mutations - alleles that, when combined produced his white-fronted blue scarlets.
Sometimes the most logical answer is the most surprising !!!!
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FB is correct...Lutino is yellow, Albino is white, Rubino is red...and so it goes depending on feather colouring...
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Yes the ino means loss of melanin and the prefix is from the Latin for the colour.
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