White cuckoo-columbian

Color and pattern male

Head: white.

Neck: each hackle-feather with a medium-wide, alternating dark- and light- grey barred shaft-stripe, surrounded by a narrow, silvery-white lace, which runs around tip; front of the neck white.

Back and shoulders: white, below the neck-hackle black and white.

Saddle-hackle: white or white with black shaft-stripes, similar to the neck-hackle, extending from the tip of the feather no more than halfway down.

Tail: steering-feathers, sickles and greater-coverts slightly clouded alternating dark- and light- grey barred; support-feathers and smaller-coverts similar but with white lacing.

Wings: bow white, may be partially cloudy with alternating dark- and light-grey barring ; wing-arch and wing-bar white.

Primary-flights: slightly cloudy with alternating dark- and light- grey barred with a white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane slightly cloudy with alternating dark- and light-grey barred with a white lace that runs around the tip; outer-vane white, forming a complete white wing when it is closed.

Breast, belly, flanks, thighs and rear-part: white.

Down: white.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the neck-hackle. White in the sickles. Pattern in the saddle-hackle. Strong presence of black in the parts that should be white on the surface, such as the wing-coverts, breast, body and thighs. Broken shaft-stripe pattern. Strong yellow tint in the ornamental feathers.

Faults

The above serious faults occurring to a lesser extent. Insufficient pattern in the tail support-feathers and the wing-flights. The presence of entirely black or partially black feather areas instead of the cuckoo pattern.

Color and pattern female

Head: white.

Neck: each hackle-feather with a medium-wide, alternating dark- and light- grey barred shaft-stripe, surrounded by a narrow, silvery-white lace, which runs around tip; front of the neck white.

Back and shoulders: white, below the neck-hackle black and white.

Tail: steering-feathers slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo-pattern, except for the upper feather on both sides, which are faintly white-laced; coverts slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo with narrow white lacing.

Wings: bow and coverts white.

Primary-flights: slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey, cuckoo pattern with white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane slightly cloudy with alternating dark- and light-grey barred with a white lace that runs around the tip; outer-vane white, forming a complete white wing when it is closed.

Breast, belly, flanks, thighs and rear-part: white.

Down: from white to light blue-grey.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the neck-hackle. Broad and faded white lace tail-coverts. Strong presence of pattern in the areas that should be white such as the wing-coverts, breast and flanks. Broken shaft-stripe pattern.

Faults

The above serious faults occurring to a lesser extent. Insufficient pattern in the tail support-feathers and wing-flights. Presence of entirely black or partially black feather areas instead of the cuckoo pattern.