KINSEI THE DOVE
ジュズカケバトの金星☆〜
© CFTR "Club Français de la Tourterelle Rieuse" (photos and explanations)
® 🇬🇧 Version of the French standard by Ariane Verticordia. It may have some translation errors (ex: varieties' names, but not genotype)
White Doves:
Bull-Eyed White (Blanche à œil noir)
Genotype: dw//, pi//pi
Overall appearance:
White dove with dark eyes. It’s a Pied dove resulting entirely White.
Details:
Head= White.
Neck-Band= White. Its presence can only be identified by a different feather implantation.
Beak= Light. The beak can be tinted or pencilled depending on the original pied colour (and parents).
Eye= Deep chestnut-red.
Breast= White.
Scapulars= White.
Flight feathers= White.
Tail= Fully white.
Flaws:
Defective whiteness, bad eye colour.
White (Blanche)
Genotype: dw//
Overall appearance:
White dove with a light-beige neck-ring.
Details:
Head= White.
Neck-Ring= Light beige, regular and well marked.
Beak= Light to pinkish.
Eye= Orange to red.
Breast= White.
Scapulars= White.
Flight feathers= White.
Tail= White tail with the under tail base being light beige.
Flaws:
Parasitic colour on the mantle. Different colour of the neck band, eye colour too light, colour of the base of the tail-feathers not in conformity.
Snow White (Blanc Neige)
Genotype: dw//, gr//gr or dw//, Fr//+
Overall appearance:
Immaculate white dove, like snow. Often taken for Albino but is not.
Albinos have pink eyes (Gen= al//al).
Details:
Head= White.
Neck-Band= White. Its presence can only be identified by a different feather implantation.
Beak= Light to pinkish.
Eye= Orange to red.
Breast= White.
Scapulars= Pure white.
Flight feathers= Pure white.
Tail= Fully white.
Flaws:
Defective whiteness, bad eye colour.
Cream White (Blanc Crème)
Genotype: dw//, ry//ry
Overall appearance:
Light cream-white dove with a visible beige neck-ring.
Details:
Head= Light creamy white.
Neck-Band= Light grey, regular and well marked.
Beak= Light to pinkish white beak.
Eye= Orange to red.
Breast= White.
Scapulars= Light cream.
Flight feathers= Light cream.
Tail= White with base of feathers beige.
Flaws:
Insufficient light cream colour, different colour of the neck band, bad eye colour, colour of the flight-feathers not conforming.
Albino (Albinos)
Genotype: al//al
Overall appearance:
Immaculate white dove due to albinism, white pink eyes and white beak.
Those doves are the most fragile and weak.
Details:
Head= White.
Neck-Band= White.
Beak= Whitish-pink beak.
Eye= Pink (red pupil+red iris=pink).
Breast= White.
Scapulars= White.
Flight feathers= White.
Tail= White.
Flaws:
Not recognized by the French standard. I don't know what are the possible defaults. Maybe too weak doves...
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