Abstract
We report an aberrant, blue-colored, Orange-chinned Parakeet from a population inhabiting an urban area in Colombia. This is the first documented record of a wild-blue mutant for this species through its natural distributional range. Our observations suggest that this mutation occurs at a very low frequency in this population and does not appear to display any selective advantage that could drive a frequency change.
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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