Fallow Green Cheeked Conures

The fallow green cheek is a color mutation of the normal green cheek.  Fallow is a diluting mutation - all of the green cheeks naturally lovely colors are muted to pastel shades, creating a bird that is also just lovely in color!

Fallow in green cheeks is a sex-linked mutation.  Confusingly, fallow in cockatiels and other birds is recessive, while cinnamon is sex-linked.  So, technically, the fallow green cheek should be called cinnamon - but people call it fallow, so fallow it is!  This information was taken from http://gcch.tripod.com

At Cub Creek Science Camp we have a pair of Fallow Green Cheeked Conure, Cinnamon Green Cheeked Conures called Conrad and Connie.  This color mutation is commonly called cinnamon among breeders today, so you may see either name referring to the same bird. These lovely Conures are housed in The Jungle area of the Ranch.  We are hoping for some baby Fallow Green Cheeked Conures soon.