Zebra Finch ID

[Benniee]

Hello everyone,

Thought I'd add to the posts of "what mutation is this" in the Zebra forum.

I've got some birds that I'm not 100% sure of. I've been looking over the list of mutations and pictures on the internet for a while now and still can't seem to lock in all the traits.

The pics attached are from my phone, so sorry about the bad quality. I'll do my best to try and catch some better ones over the next couple of days.

Zeb ID1.jpg

Zeb ID2.jpg

Zeb ID3.jpg

Zeb ID4.jpg

Zeb ID5.jpg

They were bred last spring (2013) so any mature colouring should be well and truly visible.

Any ideas, hints, directions I should look into.

Thanks,
Ben

[Tiaris]

Looks like a well marked hen to me.

[casehulsebosch]

Link to Dutch Zebrafinch club.

Lots of photographs of colour mutations. 2500 zebbies entered in recent show. Can be viewed in English.

http://www.nederlandsezebravinkenclub.nl/

and if you still have no luck in identifying your zebbies I have some contacts that are specialist breeders end zebrafinch judges.


cheers
Case, Tauranga, New Zealand.

[finchbreeder]

Looks like well marked fawn hens and a normal gray cock. The young one may be a silver? Some of us particularly like the fawn hens with the breast bars.
LML

[Benniee]

Thanks for the replies and opinions. With the pointers I can see that it's fitting it with a fawn hen with some "faults" as far as a show standard goes.

Minor breast bars and ghosted cheek patches are listed on a couple of sites as flaws.

I must admit that I do find them quite an attractive bird. Not sure about the young birds that is in one of the photos. I don't think it's anything as special as a silver, most likely a grey.

Thanks again for everyone's input.

Ben

[AMCA26]

Red Breasted Fawn Hen. Young bird will be a Marked White or Chestnut-flanked White.

[Benniee]

Thanks AMCA26! I just did a quick search and found some photos you posted up in 2010 where you had a bird like this as well.

Is there anywhere I can do some reading/homework on the "Red" mutation? Is it the same as the orange breast? I'm across the fawn and other sex linked genes.

Thanks for the tip on the young bird too. I had 4 young fledge recently and I thought that it was a different one in the photos. It's possible it's CFW or split for CFW. I'm crossing my fingers for a CFW cock bird.

Ben

[AMCA26]

I still breed Reds. Bred 70 young Red Breasted Fawns last year at dads from 3 pairs. At the moment here I have 2 pairs of Red Greys that have mucked around a fair bit.