Dove color genotypes phenotypes, Origins of ringnecks, Stubby dwarf ringnecks, Minerals, Mourning dove, Doves are delightful, Genetics of Ringnecks, Absence of Bill Ring, Pigeon Colors, Feral pigeons, Minerals for ringneck doves

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 usage 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, often white head flecks.

dark; red iris reduced

Fr//Fr

Lethal

usually dead embryo by hatching, but few may die later.

N/A

Ta//+

Tangerine

reddish; gray flights and neck ring; flecked; tail bar reduced. If also M//M can be pearled.

dark

Ta//Ta

Tangerine pearled or white back

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?

Tangerine White back

Evidently controlled by a modifier locus

INTERACTION COLORS

Genotype

Color

Description

Eye color

d^w//_ pi//pi

black eye white

Plumage nearly all white; undertail may show some few feathers with proximal barring.

black

d^w//_ iv//iv

white

Plumage nearly all white; undertail shows diluted (faded or bleached) barring.

mottled

d^w//_ ry//ry

clear white

under tail bar just barely noticable

orange

d^B//_ iv//iv

blond 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

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

peach with patches of white

black

d^B//_ iv//iv pi//pi ry//ry

light peaches and cream = blond cream pied.

Patches of light cream color in otherwise white plumage.

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 light gray flights & neck ring; flecks

dark

d^B//_ Ta//Ta

orange pearled

orange to pearling to white back

dark

iv//iv Ta//+

apricot (champagne)

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 (sunkist)

Grizzled peach

near wild type

d^B//_ ry//ry Ta//Ta

peach, gray ring

peach with gray neck ring; pearled

Fr//+ Ta//+

ash

ash red pencilled, a few dark flecks sometimes resembling feather lice; much resembles ash red in male pigeons.

dark; red iris reduced

Fr//+ iv//iv

plantinum

Frosty ivory

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 (roan)

Pink grizzled shield; brownish tail bar and neckring

pupil dark, iris reddish

Fr//+ pi//pi

Ice

Very few colored feathers, often on the rump; 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

Genotype	color	Description	eye color
gr	gray	total lack of reddishbrown phaeomelanin. Total appearance bluish gray. Neckring and tailbar normal black	near wild type
al^Ch	color head	head light gray with mauve shine. Neckring blackish gray. Rest of body almost white. Pigmentation depents on temperature like the Himalayan mutant in rabbits (= acromelanistic)	orange
iv^bc	white black collared	like very diluted ivory but with black neckring and black tailbar. Mid feathers of flights not grizzled.	mottled pink
pi^m	marked pied	neckring, back, wings, rump and tail colored with hardly white feathers. On wingshields always a patch of white. Head, breast, belly and undertailcoverts white with hardly any colored feathers. Grizzled as juvenile.	dark
G	grizzled	tips of all feathers more or less pigmentless. Phaeomelanin more affected as eumelanin. Homozygous doves more ‘grizzled’ as heterozygous. Big differences in ‘grizzling’ effect between individuals.	near wild type

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