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© 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)

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White Doves:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

© Photos courtesy of The Dove Page

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