White bluecolumbian

Color and pattern male

Head: white.

Neck: each feather of the hackle has a medium-wide, bright-blue black shaft-stripe, surrounded by a narrow, silver-white lace, which runs around the feather-tip; front of the neck white.

Back and saddle-hackle: upper plumage white, between the shoulders below the neck-hackle bright-blue and white; saddle-hackle white or white with bright-blue shaft-stripes that extends from the tip of the feather no more than halfway down.

Tail: steering-feathers bright-blue; support-feathers bright-blue with white lacing; sickles and coverts bright-blue; small-coverts bright-blue with narrow silver-white lacing.

Wings: bow white, may be partly bright-blue; shoulder arch and wing-bar white.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane bright-blue with white lace that runs around the feather tip; outer-vane white so that when the wing is closed it is complete white.

Breast, belly, body and thighs: white.

Down: light blue-grey.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the hackle(s). White in the sickles. Pattern in the white saddle-hackle. Strong presence of bright-blue in areas that should be white on the surface, such as 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 on tail support-feathers and wing-flights. Presence of entirely black or partially black feather parts within blue and a much too dark- or much too light-blue color.

Color and pattern female

Head: white.

Neck: hackle, starting approximately at the transition of neck and head, has a medium-wide, bright-blue shaft-stripe pattern, completely surrounded by a narrow, silver-white lace; front of the neck white.

Shoulders: white.

Back: white, between the shoulders below the neck-hackle bright-blue and white.

Tail: steering-feathers bright-blue, except for the top two feathers, which are faintly white-laced; coverts bright-blue with narrow white lace.

Wings: bow and coverts white.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane bright-blue with white lace that runs around the feather tip; outer-vane white, so that when the wing is closed it is complete white.

Breast, belly, thighs and rear-part: white

Down: light blue-grey.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the neck-hackle. Broad and indistinct white lace tail-coverts. Strong presence of bright-blue in areas that should be white on the surface, such as wing-coverts, breast and the body. Broken shaft-stripes.

Faults

The above serious faults occurring to a lesser extent. Insufficient pattern in tail support-feathers and wing-flights. Presence of entirely black or partially black feather parts in blue and a much too dark- or much too light-blue color.

 

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