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This is a list of phenotyes and colours in domestic pigeons. This list is not complete.
See also the list of crests for a list of head ornament phenotypes.
Phenotype name |
Mutant genes required |
Photograph
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Almond |
Stipper, kite, T-pattern, heterozygous recessive red. |
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Andalusian |
Spread, heterozygous indigo |
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"Double Factor" Andalusian, sometimes called "homozygous andalusian" |
Spread, homozygous indigo |
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Ash red spread, sometimes called "lavender", "silver", "barless mealy", etc |
Ash red, spread |
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Baldhead |
Baldhead |
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Black, sometimes called "black self" |
Spread |
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Black ash |
Heterozygous ash red, heterozygous blue, spread, homozygous smoky. This colour is only possible on male pigeons. |
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Black grizzle |
Spread, Grizzle |
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Black Tiger Grizzle |
Spread, Tiger grizzle |
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Black whiteside |
Spread, others |
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Blue bar |
None, this is wild type |
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Blue barless |
Barless |
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Blue check |
Check |
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Brown, sometimes called "brown self" |
Brown, spread |
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Brown bar |
Brown |
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Brown barless |
Brown, barless |
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Brown check |
Brown, check |
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Dark check |
T-pattern |
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Deroy |
Stipper, kite, T-pattern, recessive red. |
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Dunn |
Dilute, spread |
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Gergati |
Unknown |
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Grizzle (classic) |
Heterozygous grizzle |
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Grizzle (stork) |
Homozygous grizzle |
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Isobel |
Various |
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Khaki |
Brown, dilute, spread |
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Khaki bar |
Brown, dilute |
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Khaki barless |
Brown, dilute, barless |
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Khaki check |
Brown, dilute, check |
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Lemon |
Extreme dilute |
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Orojo |
Recessive red, grizzly |
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Pied |
Various |
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Recessive red, sometimes called "red self" |
Homozygous recessive red, enhanced by spread and other darkening and bronzing factors |
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Recessive red mottle |
Recessive red, other |
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Red bar, sometimes called "mealy", "silver", etc |
Ash red |
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Red barless |
Ash red, barless |
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Red check |
Ash red, check |
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Red grizzle |
Ash red, grizzle |
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Red slate, sometimes called "schalie" or "plum" |
Ash red, smoky |
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Silver bar |
Dilute |
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Silver barless |
Dilute, barless |
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Silver check |
Dilute, check |
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Slate, sometimes called "schalie" or "plum" |
Smoky |
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Tortoiseshell, sometimes called "Tortoiseshell grizzle", "tort", or "tort grizzle" |
Grizzle, a bronzing factor |
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White, sometimes called "white self" |
This phenotype can be produced using a number of different genotypes |
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White pattern |
Various |
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Red whiteside |
Homozygous recessive red, homozygous red whiteside |
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Yellow, sometimes called "yellow self" |
Homozygous recessive red, dilute |
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Yellow bar |
Ash red, dilute |
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Yellow barless |
Ash red, barless, dilute |
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Yellow check |
Ash red, check, dilute |
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