![]() I have several of the Bonten mutation, including selfs and rare colors. Below is a list of Zebra Finch mutations currently found in the United States (only) and their method of inheritance. By test breeding her to a fawn pied male, I was able to find out what "color" she actually is. She is a good exmaple of an "extreme pied" bird, which is a bird that has no color but is not "white" genetically but has such large areas of pied coloration that it masks her colors. ![]() Although her color appears white, she actually is a chestnut "split" for fawn, which means she is a heterozygous and carries two colors. She is just like the Chuunagon above except she lacks the neck frill. The bird picture to the left is a Bonten or crested bird. All of the fancy frills originated in Japan. Basically, he looks as if my Borzoi have been licking him on the head and neck and made some of the feathers point the wrong way :-) It is a charming mutation and a simple dominant as far as I can tell from reading about it, although some frilled birds do not "openly" express their frilled-ness, they will have a couple of twisted feathers in the area of the frill. These two swirls of wicky-wacky feathers makes this bird a Chunagon or Chuunagon frilled bird. ![]() They are one of the bird species that is able to learn new vocalizations and have become a dominant model species in the study of vocal learning. Its sweet nature and good temperament makes it an ideal addition to any. Zebra finches are more social than many migratory birds, generally traveling in small bands and sometimes gathering in larger groups. His cheerful personality and beautiful colours are only some of the reasons why so many love this wonderful breed. Society Finches aren’t noisy but love to sing and, like the Zebra Finch, each has his own song. The Society Finch is one of the oldest and most loved finches kept by fanciers today. Additionally, he has another set of feathers on his neck facing forward. These birds come in a number of color mutations with shades of chocolate brown, pied (the most common color), and fawn combined with white. As you can see, he has a little "hat" of feathers on his head.
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