*Special* Thanks To Hesham R. Alkhazmi who posted below detail on the website

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Anatomy

Zebra Finch Mutations in Drawings

1- Common Mutations :

*Black Breast

*Black Cheek

*Black Face

*R.CFW

Comments :

- Also Known as Just "CFW".

- The Darkness of Flank, Cheek Patch & Breast Bar

May Vary From One CFW To Another.

- R.CFW Chicks (When They Fledge) Have Dark Grey Smudges on

The Head And Will Be White When The Chick Finishes It's Adult Molt.

*C.CFW

Comments :

C.CFW Babies In The Nest Look Pink/White With Red Eyes.

*Crested

Comments :

Best Way To Get Nice Crests is To Breed a Crested To a None Crested,

The None Crested Should Have a Nice Round Head (Not a Flat One).

*Dominant Cream

Comments :

This is Actually a Combo Between DS & Fawn (Fawn Dominant Silver)

*Dominant Silver

*Fawn

*Fawn Cheek

Comments :

- This Mutations Sometimes Produces Blind Chicks.

- Sometimes We See The Flank Broken By White, Some Assume

That it's Pied FC, But It's Just Something That This Mutation Does.

*Frizzle

Comments :

In Some of These Mutations You May See a Twisted Beak or a Long Beak End,

When Trying to Breed This Mutation, Be Sure To Choose Birds With Normal

Beaks.

*Grey Cheek

Comments :

- This Mutations Sometimes Produces Blind Chicks.

- Sometimes We See The Flank Broken By White, Some Assume

That it's Pied GC, But It's Just Something That This Mutation Does.

*Isabel

Comments :

Fawn & Grey Isabel's Have Dark Forms and Light Forms, Best Way

To Determine Weather You Have a Fawn or Grey Isabel is To Look

At The Tail, If it's Grey (Dark or Silvery) Then it's a Grey Isabel, .....

If The Tail is Brown or Beige / Light Beige, Then it's a Fawn Isabel.

*LightBack

*Normal Grey

*Orange Breast

Comments :

- Some OB's Have Black Tail Feather Instead of Orange (Specially in NG OB's).

- Some OB Hens Do Not Have White Spots in The Flank Area.

- In This Mutation, All Black Pigments Are Changed To Orange.

*Pied

Comments :

The Amount Of White Patches Vary From One Pied Bird to Another,

They Start From Having The Last Wing Feather Being White (Tallest)

With a Small Smudge of White on the Top of The Head To An ALL

White Pied Bird (Sometimes Mistaken For The White Mutation).

*Phaeo

Comments :

This is Actually a Combo Between Isabel & BB (Phaeo).

*Pale Cheek

Comments :

- This Mutation is Also Known As The "Light Cheek" Mutation.

- The PC or LC Male Looks Exactly Like a NG Male Except for The

Light Colored Cheek Patch That Looks Like a LB Cheek Patch.

- The PC or LC Hen Looks Exactly Like a NG Hen.

*Penguin

Comments :

- In This Mutation, All Black Pigments Are Changed To White,

This is Why it's Not Preferable To Mix PNG's With BC's & BF's.

- In Some Countries, This Mutation is Also Called The "White Breast".

*Recessive Silver

*Saddleback

Comments :

- SaddleBacks Are Not A Stand-Alone Mutation,

(They Are a Form of The Pied Mutation).

- Some SaddleBacks Have a Grey Patch on The Head.

- To Tell The Difference Visually Between Male & Hen, is That The Male

Has a Dark Red Beak (in Breeding Condition), Hens Have Orange Beaks.

*White

Comments :

- Some Whites Have Grey Spots on The Head, Back of The Neck & Wing Area,

Meaning : Not All Whites Are 100% Pure White.

- To Tell The Difference Visually Between Male & Hen, is That The Male

Has a Dark Red Beak (in Breeding Condition), Hens Have Orange Beaks.

*Yellow Beak

Comments :

Some YB's Have Light Orange Beaks (Just a Matter of Selection).

2- Australian Mutations :

*Alumina

*Beige

*Black Bodied

*Black Front

*Carabel

*Cream Back

Comments :

This is Actually a Combo Between Fawn & CFW (Sex-Link x Sex-Link).

*Charcoal

*Dark Cream

Comments :

This is Actually a Combo Between Dark DS & Fawn (Dominant x Sex-Link).

*George

Comments :

- There Only One Person in The World Who Has This Mutation :

( Mr. "David Reese" From South Australia ).

*Grizzle

*Marked White

*Slate

*WA Fancy

Comments :

- This is Really a Mixed Mutation Between The Dominant Silver Mutation

And The Black Bodied Mutation.

- The Darkness of This Combo Varies From One WA Fancy To Another.

* Silver

Comments :

Looks Like a Light Back Dominant Silver

* Dilute Blue

Comments :

Looks Like a Dark Form of Dominant Silver

3- European Mutations :

*Agate

*Cheekless

*Eumo

*Gizoomd

*Phino

*Seifert

Comments :

- Looks like a Dark Form of C.CFW.

- Named "Seifert" After The Person Who First Found This Mutation

( Mr. Michael Seifert )

4- American Mutations :

*Florida Fancy

Comments :

- The Dark Form of This Bird (Grey) Is Called "Single Factor Florida Fancy".

Also Known As : "Silver Florida Fancy".

- The Light Form of This Bird (Fawn) Is Called "Double Factor Florida Fancy".

Visual Indications of a Zebra Being Split for :

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Orange Breast

Split OB Page

NG Split OB Male NG Split OB Hen

Here Are Some Live Examples :

More Comments :

You May See One or All The Split Features in Split OB Males & Hens

In Males :

1- Thin Tear Mark.

2- Traces of Orange in The Beast Bar, Throat, Tail & inner Side of Wings.

In Hens :

1- Thin Tear Mark.

2- Traces of Orange in the Tail and Cheek Patch.

3- Traces of Light Grey Spots in The Flank Area

Black Breast

Split BB Page

NG Split BB Male NG Split BB Hen

Here Are Some Live Examples :

More Comments :

You May See One or All The Split Features in Split BB Males & Hens

In Males :

1- Thin Tear Mark.

2- Traces of Orange Lacings in Wings

3- Slightly Enlarged Beast Bar, Cheek Patch

4- Hour Glass Shape Tail Bars

5- White Area Under Beak

6- Slightly Longed White Spots in Flank Area

In Hens :

1- Thin Tear Mark.

2- Hour Glass Shape Tail Bars

Black Cheek

Split BC Page

NG Split BC Male NG Split BC Hen

Here Are Some Live Examples :

More Comments :

You May See One or All The Split Features in Split BC Males & Hens

In Males :

1- Thick Tear Mark.

2- Traces of Black Going In Cheek Patch.

3- In Some, Traces of Black in Upper Flank Area.

In Hens :

1- Thick Tear Mark.

2- Traces of Black Going In Cheek Patch.

3- In Some, Black in Breast Area.

Lightback or CFW

If you ask why there is no Split LB or CFW Hen : A hen can not be split for a

Sex-Link Mutatio

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* Other Mutations Are Not Visual on Zebra Finches *