2026 Turquoise Blue & Blue Green-Cheek Conure babies — limited spots available
Violet project -> Discovery of the Blue Green Cheek Conure 2026 | Majestat Aviary Project
Majestat Aviary’s Green-Cheek Conure Discovery
What began as a Violet project in 2020 has led to the identification of a new blue mutation in Green-Cheek Conures.
We are currently accepting deposits on 2026 babies from these lines (limited availability).
Our Violet Journey
How One Bird Rewrote the Rules the Blue Green Cheeked Conure
How It Started
In 2020, Manuel (Manny) Trevino and I began working with five unusual turquoise Green-Cheek Conures. These birds looked significantly bluer than standard turquoise and closely resembled birds being called Violet in Europe.
For several years we bred the line as Single Factor and Double Factor Violet, producing many combinations with Dilute, Cinnamon, and Opaline.
Key Breeding Results
The Violet Project → Discovery of Blue
The most important evidence came from controlled test pairings:
We paired normal Green birds with what we believed were Double Factor Violets.
The offspring were then bred back.
Results: Only Green and Blue birds were produced.
No standard turquoise appeared.
In recent seasons, standard turquoise has completely disappeared from these lines. The only birds we continue to produce are Turquoise Blue and true Blue.
This clean separation is the strongest indicator that we are working with a true blue mutation rather than a Violet modifier on turquoise.
What we’ve learned in 2026:
The Three Levels Explained
We now recognize three distinct forms in this series:
1. Turquoise
The standard parblue mutation that has been in Green-Cheeks for many years.
2. Turquoise Blue (previously called Single Factor Violet)
One copy of standard turquoise + one copy of the new blue allele.
This is the intermediate form. It is genetically different from pure turquoise and produces different breeding results.
3. Blue (previously called Double Factor Violet / American DF Violet)
The full expression of the new blue mutation. These birds show clean blue and white with no turquoise leakage and no yellow or cream pigment remaining.
This pattern matches what is seen in other parrot species where turquoise and blue are alleles at the same locus.
Additional Supporting Evidence
When these Blue birds are combined with Dominant Red, the red does not express strongly.
Instead of producing rich red or yellow-type birds, the offspring are typically solid white with only soft blue remaining in Dilute.
This occurs because true Blue strongly reduces psittacin (the yellow/red pigment). Dominant Red requires that pigment to show. The heavy masking is consistent with a true blue mutation.
Our Blue Discovery
Why This Matters
Correct identification allows breeders to work the mutation properly and predict outcomes accurately.
It also opens the possibility of many new color combinations that were not available with standard turquoise alone.
We are collaborating with Levi DeMartin of Pyrrhura Mutaties (Belgium) https://pyrrhuramutation.eu/ Independent evaluation and documentation. Birds from these lines will be available for export through Levi.
Availability
Deposits are being accepted for 2026 babies from these Blue lines.
Spaces are limited.
If you would like additional photos, pairing information, or have questions about the genetics, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to share what we are seeing.
Beth & The Flock here at Majestat Aviary in Central Florida
