Indian Blue
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COLOR:
Blue is the natural, unmutated state of the Indian peafowl, also known as the wild type (aka the type found in the wild).
CONTENTS:
This page contains photos of blues with no pattern mutations (wild type color, wild type pattern).
DESCRIPTION:
Wild type males have a blue neck and crest, with a white face. Their body and wing feathers are barred (striped) black and brown, and their wings have rust-orange primaries, and some black secondaries. Their saddle is a mix of greens, blues, and gold. Their chest and tail feathers black. Their legs are grey to brown. Their train is a mix of greens, blues, golds, and other iridescent colors, with black eye markings (ocelli). Their eyes are brown. Their beak is grey to grey-brown.
Wild type hens have a green neck with cream lacing (often called "scalloping"), a brown head (including the top of the head), green-brown crest, and a white face. Their body and wing feathers are clean grey to grey-brown. Their wings have rust-brown primaries. Their chest is cream and their tail feathers are black. Their legs are grey to brown. Their train feathers (tail coverts) are short and the same color as their body feathers, but may have some green iridescence on the hurls in the right light. Their eyes are brown. Their beak is grey to grey-brown.
GENETICS:
The true wild type has no mutated genes, and is not a hybrid with any other species (wild type color, wild type pattern, blue species only). The wild type is not a mutation or a recessive, it is the default when no other genes are present.
NOTES:
The wild type wing pattern is barred (striped). The term "wild wing" or "barred wing" is sometimes used to compare blackshoulder/solid wing birds to the wild type wing pattern, but is unnecessary to use when discussing wild type, as barred wing is inferred.
Although a blue's train feathers are often pictured or seen/remembered as green and blue, the train goes through many stages of color through the year, including looking very red in the winter. This is due to structural iridescence and the breakdown of pigments due to wear and sun exposure.
Blue is the natural, unmutated state of the Indian peafowl, also known as the wild type (aka the type found in the wild).
CONTENTS:
This page contains photos of blues with no pattern mutations (wild type color, wild type pattern).
DESCRIPTION:
Wild type males have a blue neck and crest, with a white face. Their body and wing feathers are barred (striped) black and brown, and their wings have rust-orange primaries, and some black secondaries. Their saddle is a mix of greens, blues, and gold. Their chest and tail feathers black. Their legs are grey to brown. Their train is a mix of greens, blues, golds, and other iridescent colors, with black eye markings (ocelli). Their eyes are brown. Their beak is grey to grey-brown.
Wild type hens have a green neck with cream lacing (often called "scalloping"), a brown head (including the top of the head), green-brown crest, and a white face. Their body and wing feathers are clean grey to grey-brown. Their wings have rust-brown primaries. Their chest is cream and their tail feathers are black. Their legs are grey to brown. Their train feathers (tail coverts) are short and the same color as their body feathers, but may have some green iridescence on the hurls in the right light. Their eyes are brown. Their beak is grey to grey-brown.
GENETICS:
The true wild type has no mutated genes, and is not a hybrid with any other species (wild type color, wild type pattern, blue species only). The wild type is not a mutation or a recessive, it is the default when no other genes are present.
NOTES:
The wild type wing pattern is barred (striped). The term "wild wing" or "barred wing" is sometimes used to compare blackshoulder/solid wing birds to the wild type wing pattern, but is unnecessary to use when discussing wild type, as barred wing is inferred.
Although a blue's train feathers are often pictured or seen/remembered as green and blue, the train goes through many stages of color through the year, including looking very red in the winter. This is due to structural iridescence and the breakdown of pigments due to wear and sun exposure.
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