Difference between “Olive” and "Grey Green" Budgie

[BudgiesBuddy]

As requested, here is a thread about Olives and Grey Greens.

Although the two shades look very similar, but they are different.


Olive:

Budgies have a level of Dark Factor. It ranges from No Dark Factor to One Dark Factor and Two Dark Factors.

A budgie with No Dark Factor will be a Light Green budgie.
A budgie with One Dark Factor will be a Normal Green budgie.
A budgie with Two Dark Factors will be an Olive budgie.


Grey Green:

Gray factor is a color adding factor in budgies. This grey factor is strong and overrides the underlying body color. For example, the grey color will be added to a budgie's original body color, if this budgie has a grey factor. Normal green budgies with a grey factor added, will have Grey Green color.


So:

Olive is a Green with Two Dark Factors.

Grey Green is a Green with a Grey Factor added.


How to tell the Difference:

We can distinguish between the two types by looking at the cheek patches and the tail colors.

A Grey Green budgie will have Grey, Silver or Blue cheek patches and a Black tail.

An Olive budgie will have Violet cheek patches and a Dark Blue tail.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Olive

[BudgiesBuddy]

A pair of Grey Greens

[BudgiesBuddy]

Another GREY GREEN budgie.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Post your picture and tell why do you think your budgies is Olive or Grey Green

[barrieshutt]

this is a baby grey green masking cobalt

[taniaok]

Olive Normal hen (dark blue cheek patches and tail)


GreyGreen Dominant Pied Opaline hen (grey-blue cheek patches)

[Gaile]

Thanks so much for that Budgiesbuddy..........now we need one of the factors as in dark or double etc

[BudgiesBuddy]

Great pictures Taniaok and Barrie

[BudgiesBuddy]

Apr 1, 2012 17:38:12 GMT Gaile said:

Thanks so much for that Budgiesbuddy..........now we need one of the factors as in dark or double etc

You're welcome Gaile

[Hezz]

Nice one, BB.

[Marianne Marlow]

Thank you for the distinction BB. Now I'll have to try and remember it!

[stace]

Apr 2, 2012 8:20:01 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

Thank you for the distinction BB. Now I'll have to try and remember it!

Hee hee. Me too, Marianne. In one ear, retained briefly, then out the other. I believe Boo and I have had a mind meld. And it has lowered the IQ of both of us.

(There was an ex New Zealand prime minister who made a famous joke about the many New Zealanders migrating to Australia. According to him, it raised the IQ of both countries.)

[clinton9]

Cheek patches and central tail feathers are only helpful parts in telling Olive green budgies from grey-green budgies.

But beware there are violet-olive green budgies that had very dark green bodies and darker duller cheek patches.

Cheers

Clinton.

[sweetpea]

Great post, BB! I have often wondered if my Atilla was a grey-green & according to your notes she is.