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The Zebra Finch Society
(United Kingdom)
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ISABELS1. FAWN ISABEL COCK: Eyes dark, head and neck light cream, back and wings also light cream, but may be a little darker than the head. Tear marking absent, Area between cheek patches and beak white. Throat and breast greyish cream with no chest bar or zebra lines. Underparts cream, of a darker shade than the head neck and wings. Cheek patches well defined and dark orange, with no dilution. Flank markings chestnut, with even round white spots. Tail cream with lighter horizontal bars. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for cock, minus flank markings and cheek patches. Throat should be cream. Show Faults: Tear marks. Breast bar and clear zebra lines on throat of cocks. Excessive orange margins on wing feathers. Dilution of flank and cheek patches on cocks. 2. BLACKBREASTED ISABEL (PHAEO) COCK: Eyes dark, neck, back, and wing feathers light cream. Flight and wing feathers must have an orange edge. Tear marking absent. Area between cheek patches and beak cream. Chest bar and throat markings absent. Underparts from throat to vent, cream, darker towards vent. Cheek patches orange, spreading over the top of the head and upper neck.. Flank markings chestnut with white elongated spots. Tail feathers shades of cream with bars on the upper tail feathers to run longitudinally. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for cock minus flank markings and extended cheek patches. Head, neck, back and wings should be light cream, with darker cream edges to the wing feathers, and underparts darker cream. Show Faults: Insufficient spreading of cheek patches and lack of colour on flanks of cocks. Chest bar and zebra lines on cocks. Horizontal tail bars. 3. ORANGEBREASTED BLACKBREASTED ISABEL (OB PHAEO) COCK: Eyes dark. Neck, back, and wing feathers light cream. Flight and wing feathers must have orange edges. Tear marking absent. Area between cheek patches and beak marking cream, beak marking orange. Chest bar to beak solid orange. Underparts white near chest, grading to cream near the vent, with orange lines. Upper rump warm cream with orange lines Cheek patches deep orange , flowing over the head and neck to give an almost orange head. Flank markings chestnut with white elongated spots. Tail feathers shades of cream, with bars on the upper tail feathers showing longitudinal white and cream bars edged with orange Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for cock minus breast and flank markings, beak marking. and extended cheek patches. However the cheek patches and flanks should be a warm shade of cream. Head neck and wings should be light cream, with darker cream or slight orange edges to the wing feathers. Underparts from beak to vent, light cream on the chest, shading to darker cream near the vent. Upper rump of a warm cream shade. Show Faults: Orange breast and cheek patches not solid or sufficiently extended. Lack of other characteristic markings. Flank markings on cocks not containing sufficient colour due to too much white markings. No flank or cheek patch on hen. Horizontal tail bars. 4. ORANGEBREASTED ISABEL COCK: Eyes dark Head, neck and wings light cream. Flight feathers edged with orange lacing. Tear marks absent. Facial area between beak and cheek patches white. Throat and upper chest cream, with deep orange chest bar and zebra lines running from cheek to cheek. Underparts dark cream, darker than the back and wings. Cheek patches deep orange and well defined. Flanks chestnut with even, round white spots. Tail orange with horizontal white bars. Beak red, legs and feet orange. HEN: As for cock, except without the breast bar, zebra lines, flank markings and orange cheek patches. Should have orange tail with white bars, in which it differs from the Fawn Isabel hen. Show Faults: Markings on cocks not full coloured. Tail lacking orange, and tear marks on both cocks and hens.
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