Opaline Love Birds—cute lovebirds are sub-specie of the Peach Faced Love Birds. This specie of the lovebird is also quite popular with people. Their striking features and bright colors make them unique and distinguishing from other breed of the birds. They also have the amicable and loving nature. They are also pint sized yet energetic, active, playful and cheerful. One important feature of Opaline Love Birds is that they are sex linked.
Discovered in the United States in1997, they are found to be the recent color mutation in the Peach Faced Love Birds. The Opaline Love Birds are also known as ‘pattern’ mutation simply because Opaline mutation changes in a new pattern where the colors are positioned on the birds. Opaline mutation is also found in other birds and first found in non-Australian birds!
Opaline Love Birds have light green color on their plumage and green rump feathers too. When they are fully grown up in their fourth and sixth months, they develop bright colored hood and tail of the adult bird. Blue Peach Faced Love Birds have bright gray to cream white hood and Green Peach Faced Love Birds have a red hood. You can purchase these birds for the stunning color combinations but they are quite expensive. Hence, you can go for medium green or Opaline, orange faced, Australian cinnamon or blue male which is cheaper than violet green Opaline (SF) or Medium violet green Opaline (SF).
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