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? about more zebras

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:03 am
by alexbrgr
From what i have been learning I think the male is a florida silver and female is recessive silver/pied. Let me know if i am even close.

Re: ? about more zebras

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:35 am
by cindy
Your male FS (Silver Isabel)

You female is a silver pied. She may be a silver Isabel pied....they can have light tears, some have tears that fade and are ever so light against the body color.

As far as the recesive silver ID'in I am not positive on this.

I refer to efinch
http://www.efinch.com/species/rszeb.htm
quote:
"The Recessive Silver mutation is not seen very much these days or at least not that birds can be identified with any certainty and separated from some of the other dilute silver varieties (Dominant Silver and Florida Silvers). With the popularity of the Florida Fancy, the Rec. Silver is giving way to the Florida Silvers and I suspect that most birds showing this type of dilution these days in the US are Florida Silvers. It used to be that the Rec. Silver was quite common in colonies of Zebras"

Re: ? about more zebras

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:06 am
by alexbrgr
Thanks for the help. So she is called a silver pied. What does a silver isabel look like?

Re: ? about more zebras

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:24 am
by cindy
Some silver Isabels have tears some tears fade but are there.

Re: ? about more zebras

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:23 pm
by Ruffles
What beautiful bird's!

Im so jealous over here :D =D> =D>