Red-fronted Parakeet
Cyanoranphus Novzelandiae
di Enzo Patanè
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Italian: Kakariki dal pileo rosso
German: Ziegensittich
The red-fronted it is sure the alive parakeet
to which they are more cherished. On my breeding living a female
of ten years been born from my first pairs that I have nicknamed
"the CRAZY " to which they are much becoming attached
although it is blind from an eye. From then are passes many parakeets
in my breeding but "the CRAZY " is always present and
every year gives me numerous descendants.
The red-fronted it's in fact a sturdy parakeet
much, little demanding in fact of feeding and lodging and that
it is reproduced with extreme facility. To my opinion it is the
ideal parakeet for the beginners, above all from when are appeared
various mutations of feathering.
The two sexs are similar with a nearly
totally green feathering part the chest, the abdomen and the
undertail that show green yellow tonality. Its main characteristic
is represented from the forehead, the crown and thereins that
are bright red. The primary are blue intense.
The female enough easy acknowledges from
the male for the less massive spout and head.
Lenght: 27 centimeters
Distribution: New Zeland
Natural diet: flowers, nectar, fruits, berries, seed and insect.
Alimentation: Small
parakeets seeds with little sunflower and much canary seeds;indispensable
fruits and verdure (carrot, pear, apple, maize, etc.); proteic
patè for the nourishing of chicks. Personally I put to
disposition of the breeders a patè made in house added
with bubble seeds and fruits. Cuttle-bone (or mineral nibbles),
grit and fresh water always to disposition.
NOTING: the red-fronted have the physiological
necessity to make every day, in contrary case they go encounter
to feathers deprivation and "drieding" of the feather.
Breeding: By now
very stabilizes in captivity, the subjects available on the market
are all born in captivity breeding in how much the red-fronted
is inserted in appendix I of the C.I.T.E.S.
The reproduction introduces little difficulties
also in little cages of 120 x 50 x 50. For avoid that the subjects
fatten too much, it would have, but, to lodge the breeders outside
from the breeding's period in widths aviary in order to allow
they to greet motion.
They are parakeets tendentially many trust
towards the man and with the time, they can succeed in to eat
from the hands of the master; they are much sturdy and resistant
to the diseases even if, for the habit of feed on the land they
often go encounter to worms infestation and therefore to be necessary
to supply to regular worms-out.
They resist to glacial minimal temperatures
without to show some sign of suffering, indeed it is not rare
that they take a bath to temperatures next the zero. The main
reproduction begins in spring but, if it lodges in heats and
very illuminates atmospheres in order at least 14 hours the day,
they reproduce all the year.
They place from 4 to 10 eggs, usually 8
to intervals between 24 and 48 hours and begin to incubate from
second egg.
Incubation 21 - 24 days; the chicks are
nourished in the nest, from the female feed from the male, for
four - six weeks and the young that exit from the nest are normally
independent after one week - ten days from the first fly. To this
point, he is advisable to separate them from the parents who,
also not being absolutely aggressive will begin one new brooded.
The youngs are mature sexually around
to the 10 months - 1 year, age to which they begin to breeding
regularly (the males some time are fecund already to four months)
but, normally, they only become good breeders to second life year.
Nest :
They do not have particular necessity of
nests and accept of good degree any container.
Personally I use nests of base 27x27 cm
and height 30 with a hole of 6 cm, in order to avoid overcrowdings
in the nests (is not rare in subjects of 3 years and more brooded
of 8-10 chicks. On the bottom of the nest I arrange a layer of
2-3 cm of wood pieces that the female will arrange second the
own requirements.
MUTATION
OF RED-FRONTED
Do not exist many colors mutations of red-fronted
even if currently which are being made some new varying the
FALLOW and the Lacewing.
MUTATIONS
CYNNAMON MUTATION
Foto by Stan Dumke
The cynnamon is the first mutation appeared
in the red-fronted. It's a partial loss of the eu-melanine that
provoke the general diluition of the feathers. The result is a
diluited subject with clear blue primary and orange eyes. The
red remains unchanged.
PIED
MUTATION
Foto by Stan Dumke
The
pied mutation is a lot striking in how much zones of the fheathers
assumes one gold yellow tonality . It's the precursor of yellow
mutation in how exists subject with until 90% of the feathers
yellow. The yellow split are difficultly marked from the simple
pied but usually the pieds extends also to the feet that turn
out rose and grey. Lately are appeared also of the cynnamon yellow
pied that are the premonitory of the mutation "lacewing".
YELLOW
MUTATION
The yellow is probably the more spectacular and
fascinating mutation. The green is transformed in golden yellow,
the blue in white while the red parts remain inalterate. Thi's
not one true and own mutation, but rather an aberration capacity
to the maximum extension. It's in fact one yellow pied whose the
pieds replaces all the green.
MUTAZIONE LUTINA
The subjects are practically identical
to the yellows but they show the eyes red steal and the yellow
usually is less gilded. The mutation is recessive but exists
a varying in which the mutation, also if to the appearance is
identical, it is dominant
FALLOW
MUTATION
Foto by Stan Dumke
The mutation fallow is appeared only
recently and consists in a partial loss of the eu-melanine that
of the feo-melanine. The results is a more diluted subject of
the cynnamon with the grey blue primary and red eyes. The red
remains unchanged.
LACEWING MUTATION
The mutation lacewing is most recent
and consists in a more diluted subject of fallow (nearly yellow)
with the gray-clear pimary and red eyes. The red one remains
unchanged.
