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Red Psittacineon Green Personatus, personata, yellow collared, or black masks are sub-species of the Agapornis Fischer.
The characteristic indicates that the color of the head is entirely black, with a yellow neck. Quality personatus certainly
has no red/orange psittacine trace on the exchange area between the mask and the neck. The rule of the show also requested no leaks in this section.
Dark suffusion and red/orange psittacine in the neck area indicate hybridity with other species. Even when you breed Agapornis personatus with the best bloodline, it is still possible to get chicks with leaky
red/orange psittacine in the neck area.
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Red Psittacine on Green Personatus lost due to molting
Breeders should not rush to eliminate personatus chicks with this red psittacine leak. Traces of psittacine may disappear as the lovebirds grow, especially when molting adults.
To speed up the decision, pluck the feather in the red indication area and let the second feather grow. This method can shorten the time compared to waiting for the molt in a normal cycle.
Red psittacine leakage will exist until the personatus matures.
Secondly, it will stay that way until they grow up. It is inevitable because it is biodiversity. It is very commonplace, and don't be surprised if this pair of leaky personatus can produce good-quality chicks.
For this reason, aviculture should conduct strict breeding selection. Eliminate personatus chicks with leaking collars and keep the best personatus chicks with strictly limiting lines.
The reason why red/orange psittacine leaks in the green personatus collar is the fact that on that mask, there is indeed red psittacine. It's just that the predominance of black melanin seems to have masked this.
You can see the presence of Agapornis personatus red psittacine on the combination of melanin mutations.
Combination of Agapornis personatus with melanin mutation
Personatus Green Dilute
The fact that red psittacine is present on the personatus mask is especially noticeable in dilute mutations. The color on the personatus dilute mask is red on a grey-ash background.
That's because the melanin in the mask has mostly been reduced, so psittacine dominates a little here.
Personatus Green Pastel
On Personatus Pastel Green, a brown mask colour doesn't show black at all. It is like ash on a red-red-light-orange background.
You don't have to worry about this. Continue to make breeding selections until you find an established and consistent genetic condition.