Silver-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: silvery-white.

Neck: hackle silvery-white, each feather with a black shaft-stripe, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity, ends in a point near the tip; front of the neck black.

Back, shoulders and wing-arch: silvery-white.

Saddle-hackle: silvery-white, each feather with a more or less distinct black shaft-stripe, absence is not considered a fault.

Tail: steering-feathers black; sickles and coverts green-glossy black.

Wings: bow black, wing-bar green-glossy black.

Primary-flights: black with a narrow white edge along the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane black, outer-vane white, forming a white wing-triangle when the wing is closed.

Breast: green-glossy black.

Belly, thighs and rear-part: black.

Down: greyish.

Serious Faults

Yellow tint in hackles. Rusty-brown or red on the shoulders. Extensive white on the breast, belly and thighs. White on the tail.

Faults

Serious faults occur to a lesser extent. Incomplete white wing-triangle. Complete lack of the shaft-stripes.

Color and pattern female

Head: silvery-white.

Neck: hackle silvery-white, each feather with a black shaft-stripe, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity, ends in a point near the tip; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back, saddle, shoulders, bow and wing-coverts: each feather light-grey with fine evenly distributed black peppering, slightly light lacing permitted but not desired.

Primary-flights: black-grey with a narrow greyish-white outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: outer-vane similar to the back; inner-vane greyish-white.

Tail: black steering-feathers except for the upper ones, which like the coverts are light-grey with fine dark-grey peppering.

Breast: salmon transitioning to light-grey at the thighs, veins salmon.

Belly, thighs and rear-part: ash-grey.

Down: greyish.

Serious Faults

Red or rust on wings. Brown sheen on back, saddle and wing-coverts. Light veins. Yellowish tint in the neck-hackle. Complete lack of the shaft-stripe pattern.