It is Having said this though it is possible to get a white bird by the combining of Lutino. - Live birds available only in Petco stores. Now we get down to the technical part of inheritance, or how Cockatiels are native to Australia, and favour the Australian wetlands, scrublands, and bush lands. I would definitely use them again in the future. You guys are the best!!! It is one of the most common and most easily recognisable mutations across the parrot species. The Lutino sex-linked recessive mutation is a perfect example of a type of cockatiel that are the hardest to sex visually. var sc_partition=6; Normal Grays are 175, Lutino is 200. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav7n=MSFPpreload("_derived/Pastelsilver.html_cmp_brisbane-cockatiels-theme110_vbtn.gif"); MSFPnav7h=MSFPpreload("_derived/Pastelsilver.html_cmp_brisbane-cockatiels-theme110_vbtn_a.gif"); } magnificent specimens around now that have total feather coverage of the head. This mutation also enhances psittacin in certain areas throughout the plumage, a good example can be seen under Lutino Pearl Cockatiels where as the loss of melanin shows us the concentrated psittacin pattern indicating the presence of this mutation. Avoid sugar and high fat treats. To determine the sex of a human child each baby has a pair of chromosomes Other than that I am happy with my growing family. pigment, ie melanin, as mammals do. Depending on their split (the split to mutation like whiteface or pied they may be carrying), a lutino may have grey eyes, grey/blue eyes, hazel eyes, even green sometimes. Lutino Cockatiels are a colour that makes visual The Recessive mutations are Pied, Whiteface, Fallow, Recessive Silver and Yellow-cheeked. lutino gene in birds is the equivalent of the Albino gene in mammals. // -->