Gray Cockatiel

The gray cockatiel is the most commonly available type of cockatiel. The male normal has dark gray feathers over his entire body, excluding the white wing stripes and orange cheeks. This is seen as the natural “wild” coloring of cockatiels today.
Here is an example of male gray cockatiel pictures

Cinnamon Cockatiel

The cinnamon cockatiel has developed from gray cockatiel and then its feather turn into a light brown. The color of these birds can range from a very light brown to a rich chocolate brown.

As with the common gray cockatiels, the male of the species has a bright yellow face and orange cheeks, whilst the females have less pronounced colors.

The Pearl Cockatiel

The female Pearl often matures with a yellow face. The male will lose most or all of his pearling by the second molt.

An excellent female specimen will show heavy pearling on her back and wings, with some pearling extending into her chest. An excellent male will retain some evidence of his original pearling.
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Pearl Cockatiels have a distinct brushed effect on their wings and back. This can be seen above with gray and white feathers mixing in a crisis-cross pattern.

Males and females both lose this color pattern when they reach their first malt and usually develop a normal gray coat afterward.

The Lutino Cockatiel

Lutino cockatiels can range from all yellow to all white; one thing they have in common is both sexes have a bright orange cheekpatch. Some Lutinos have bright red eyes, but most have maroon colored eyes upon maturity.
Lutinos usually have red or maroon colored eyes and their cheeks are extremely pronounced.
It is very difficult to visually sex a Lutino cockatiel. Often on mature female Lutinos there will be a barring on the underside of the tail feathers which can be viewed in front of a bright light.

The Whiteface Cockatiel

It’s lovely contrasting white and dark plumage is extremely pleasant to look at and adore. Its known as Charcol.
The Whiteface male cockatiel, is a strikingly beautiful bird with its charcoal colored feathers and bright white face.

The Whiteface mutation prevents the deposition of lipochrome (yellow and red) pigmentation on the feathers, causing the dark melanin plumage and the white face.

Female whiteface cockatiels retain the immature grey face (without the cheekpatch) and the barring of the underside of the tail feathers.

The pied cockatiel

The pied cockatiel has a lot more light pigment in its genes, giving it a very distinctive white & dark color scheme.