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The Zebra Finch Society
(United Kingdom)
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BLACKBREASTED1. BLACKBREASTED NORMAL COCK: Eyes dark. Head neck and wings dark grey. Flight feathers edged with orange brown. Breast bar jet black, extending upwards into the zebra lines, causing them to appear rather mottled. The width of the chest bar should be at least half an inch. Lower chest and underparts off-white to white. Cheek patches orange, extending beyond the normal outline towards the top of the head and behind neck. Facial area white with no tear mark. Flank markings chestnut with elongated white splashes instead of round white spots. Tail predominantly white with black vertical lines, joined in a loop at the end of the tail. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for the cock, but minus breast bar, throat markings, flank markings, and cheek patches ( which may however be seen as paler in colour than the head and neck). Throat and upper breast white to off-white as well as lower breast and chest. Flight feathers edged with cream or orange. Show Faults: Pale markings on cocks. Lacing not showing on flight feathers Horizontal bars on tail. Tear marks visible. Greater than 50% white in flank markings on cocks. Cheek patches of cock defined and not extending beyond normal boundaries 2. BLACKBREASTED FAWN COCK: Eyes dark. Head, neck and wings dark fawn. Flight feathers edged with orange. Breast bar very dark brown, extending upwards into the dark brown zebra lines, causing them to appear rather mottled. The width of the chest bar should be at least half an inch. Lower chest and underparts creamy white. Cheek patches orange, extending beyond the normal outline towards the top of the head and behind neck. Facial area white with no tear mark. Flank markings chestnut with elongated white splashes instead of round spots. Tail predominantly white with brown vertical lines, joined in a loop at the end of the tail. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for the cock minus breast bar, throat markings, flank markings, and cheek patches (which however may be seen as paler in colour than the head and neck). Throat and upper chest creamy fawn, underparts cream. Flight feathers edged with cream or orange. Show Faults: Pale markings on cocks. Lacing not showing on flight feathers. Horizontal bars on tail. Greater than 50% white in flank markings on cocks. Cheek patches on cock not extending beyond normal boundaries. 3. BLACKBREASTED PIED COCK: As for Normal, Fawn etc. Blackbreasted, but with the body colour broken with white, approximately 50%. Well matched pairs are acceptable in the range 40-60%. Cocks to retain all cock markings, including the enlarged breast bar and extended cheek patches, but broken with white. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for the Normal, Fawn etc. Blackbreasted hens, with all areas of the bird broken with white. Show Faults: Poor matching of pairs and unevenness of white areas. Loss of markings, especially on cocks. 4. BLACKBREASTED LIGHTBACK COCK: Eyes dark. Head, neck and wings silvery grey. Flight feathers edged with orange. Breast bar jet black, extending upwards into the zebra lines causing them to appear rather mottled. The width of the chest bar should be at least half an inch. Lower chest and underparts white. Cheek patches orange, extending beyond the normal outline towards the top of the head and behind neck.. Facial area white with no tear mark. Flank markings chestnut with elongated white slashes instead of round spots. Tail predominantly white with black vertical lines, joined in a loop at the end of the tail. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for the cock minus breast bar, throat markings, flank markings and cheek patches (which however may be seen as paler in colour than the head and neck). Throat and upper chest pale grey, underparts white. Flight feathers edged with creamy white. Show Faults: Pale markings on cocks. Lacing not shown on flight feathers. Horizontal bars on tail. Greater than 50% white in flank markings on cocks. Cheek patches on cocks not extending beyond normal boundaries. 5. BLACKBREASTED CHESTNUT FLANKED WHITE COCK: Head, neck and wings white. Flight feathers edged with orange. Breast bar jet black, extending upwards into the zebra lines, causing them to appear rather mottled. The width of the chest bar should be at least half an inch. Underparts white. Cheek patches orange, extending beyond the normal outline towards the top of the head and behind neck. Facial area white with no tear mark. Flank markings chestnut with elongated white slashes instead of round spots. Tail predominantly white with grey vertical lines joined in a loop at the end of the tail. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for the cock minus breast bar, throat markings, flank markings, and cheek patches. Throat, chest and underparts white. Show Faults: Markings on cocks too pale. Lacing not showing on especially cocks flight feathers. Horizontal bars on tail. Greater than 50% white in flank markings on cocks. Cheek markings on cocks not extending beyond normal boundaries. NB: Blackbreasted English CFW hens can be confused with White hens because of the lack of tear marks. However the Blackbreasted clearly show the characteristic vertical stripped grey and white tail barring. |
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