DOVE COLOR GENOTYPES, PHENOTYPES

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GENOTYPES AND DESCRIPTION OF RINGNECK PLUMAGE COLORS AND EYE COLOR
by
Wilmer J. Miller

Note: In the following table, the wild type row contains as much of the wild type color and pattern genotype as is presently known. Only the mutant genotypes are printed in the rest of the table. If the genotype for a particular locus is not included, it is assumed to be wild type. For example, D⁺//_ Al⁺//Al⁺ iv//iv pi//pi Ry⁺//Ry⁺ Fr⁺//Fr⁺ Ta⁺//Ta⁺ M⁺//M⁺ is the complete genotype for an ivory pied dove, at present. But only the mutant portion of the genotype, iv//iv pi//pi, appears in the table. This is generally accepted useage because it minimizes space and focuses attention on the loci that are not wild type. However, not printing the wild type portion of the genotype does not mean that those loci are absent from the birds' genome.

WILD TYPE
Genotype	Color	Description	Eye color
D⁺//_ Al⁺//_ Iv⁺//_ Pi⁺//_ Ry⁺//_ Fr⁺//Fr⁺ Ta⁺//Ta⁺ M⁺//M⁺ ... SINGLE MUTANTS
Genotype	Color	Description	Eye color
d^B//_	blond = fawn	dilutes dark = tan	near wild type
d^w//_	white	extreme dilute, under tail bar still noticable	orange; slower to acquire
al//al	albino	blocks melanin; epistatic to color	pinkish
iv//iv	ivory	looks diluted gray; bleached tail bar	mottled in all combinations
pi//pi	pied	patchs of color vs white; grizzled as juvenile	black
ry//ry	rosy	reddish back and wing shields, head lavender, brownish tail bar and neck ring	near wild type
Fr//+	Frosty	mid feathers of flights grizzled, more tail white; end bill stripe ~1/4" long, 1/16"wide; cool bluish plumage; neck ring whitish tips	dark; red iris reduced
Fr//Fr	Ice?	mostly white with some flecks; bill base darkish	dark
Ta//+	Tangerine	reddish; gray flights and neck ring; flecked; tail bar reduced	dark
Ta//Ta	Tangerine pearled	clear reddish; near white flights and neck ring; tail bar drastically reduced; bill tip whitish	dark red and black
Ta//Ta M⁺//M⁺?	Minimal pearled	a few feathers with whitish centers
Ta//Ta M⁺//M?	moderate pearled	much like a cockatiel but less pearling
Ta//Ta M//M? INTERACTION COLORS
Genotype	Color	Description	Eye color
d^w//_ pi//pi	black eye white		black
d^w//_ iv//iv	white		mottled
d^w//_ ry//ry	clear white	under tail bar just barely noticable	orange
d^B//_ iv//iv	bond ivory	near white with black neck neck ring; tail bar is barely bleached	mottled
d^B//_ pi//pi	blond pied	blond with patches of white	black
d^B//_ ry//ry	peach	dilute rosy = peach color	near wild type
al//al iv//iv	albino	albino	mottled !
iv//iv ry//ry	heavy cream	light tan or sandy color; brown neck ring	mottled
d^B//_ iv//iv ry//ry	light cream	resembles risen cream in whole milk; tan neck ring	mottled
iv//iv pi//pi	ivory pied	ivory with patches of white	mottled; black eye?
d^B//_ iv//iv pi//pi	blond ivory pied	blond ivory with patches of white	mottled; black eye?
pi//pi ry//ry	pied rosy	rare exceptions may look blond pied	black
d^B//_ pi//pi ry//ry	blond pied rosy	peach with patches of white	black
d^B//_ iv//iv pi//pi ry//ry	blond cream pied	light peaches and cream	mottled
iv//iv pi//pi ry//ry	cream pied	dark peaches and cream	mottled
d^w//_ Ta//?+	pink	pinkish white; No tail bar	dark
d^w//_ Ta//Ta	pink pearled	pinkish white pearled	dark
d^B//_ Ta//+	orange	orange with gray flights & neck ring; flecks	dark
d^B//_ Ta//Ta	orange pearled	orange to pearling to white back	dark
iv//iv Ta//+	apricot	tan; ghost tail bar; gray neck ring	mottled
iv//iv ry//ry Ta//+	cream; ghost	tan; ghost tail bar; neck ring light gray	mottled
ry//ry Ta//Ta	rosy tangerine	two toned; mauve-purple head and neck; reddish pearled	dark
d^B//_ Fr//+	blond frosty	blond; midflights grizzled; end bill stripe	Near normal
d^B//_ Fr//_ ry//ry	coral	frosty grizzling over wing shield	near wild type
d^B//_ ry//ry Ta//Ta	peach, gray ring	peach with gray neck ring; pearled
Fr//+ Ta//+	ash	ash red pencilled, flecked	dark; red iris reduced
Fr//+ Ta//Ta	violet neck	violet or mauve front of neck plus traces color
d^B//_ Fr//+ Ta//+	blond ash	light ash	dark; red iris reduced
d^B//_ Fr//+ Ta//Ta	pink neck	pink front of neck plus traces
D⁺//_ Fr//_ ry//ry	Rose	Pink grizzled shield; brownish tail bar and neckring	pupil dark, iris reddish
Fr//+ pi//pi	Ice	few colored feathers; often mottled beak	dark eyes
dw Fr//+	Snow white	all white feathers, even under the tail.	dark eyes
Ta_ pi//pi	pied tangerine (Chinmoy)	pied white with tangerine patches
dB Ta_pi//pi	(pied orange (Chinmoy)	pied white with orange patches
ADDITIONAL COLORS FROM HOLLAND Hein van Grouw. 1999. DE LACHDUIF. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis pp.72
Genotype	Color	Description	Eye color
iv^bc//iv^bc	white,black collared
gr//gr	gray
al^ch//al^ch	color head
pi^m//pi^m	marked pied

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