PAIRING BL-RUMP X WH-RUMP
Posted: 26 May 2015, 16:49
http://www.finchinfo.com/genetics/owl_b ... colors.php
Found this on the American site recently posted on AFF
The claim is that rump colours are transferable characteristics; in other words the two varieties are mutations, rather than sub-species; and that inter-species matings result in 'splits' rather than 'intergrades'
Here in Oz these days, we would probably try to avoid the B x W pairing, for what would seem obvious reasons. But in a less enlightened time the pairing may have been common
My opinion is that if they are mutations, there should be Black-rumps in the Eastern wild flocks and vice versa
Any comments?
Found this on the American site recently posted on AFF
The claim is that rump colours are transferable characteristics; in other words the two varieties are mutations, rather than sub-species; and that inter-species matings result in 'splits' rather than 'intergrades'
Here in Oz these days, we would probably try to avoid the B x W pairing, for what would seem obvious reasons. But in a less enlightened time the pairing may have been common
My opinion is that if they are mutations, there should be Black-rumps in the Eastern wild flocks and vice versa
Any comments?