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These are some of the colours and varieties that can be found in Australia.
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Self Black
Male and Female Plumage:
Black throughout all sections with beetle-green sheen.
Undercolour as dark as possible.
Requirements:
Beard - black.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Self Blue
Male and Female Plumage:
Blue throughout all sections.
Requirements:
Beard - blue.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Self Cuckoo
Male and Female Plumage:
Barred white & grey plumage.
Requirements:
Beard - barred white and grey.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Self White
Male and Female Plumage:
Pure white throughout all sections.
Requirements:
Beard - white or Non-bearded - red wattles.
Beak - dark blue.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Splash or Sport
Male and Female Plumage:
Predominantly White with various shades of Black, Blue
& Grey throughout the feathers.
Requirements:
Beard - white, black and blue splashes.
Beak - dark blue.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Chamois or Buff Laced
Male Plumage:
Buff ground with white lacing. Crest white at the roots and tips, and as
free a possible from whole white feathers. Muffling mottled or laced, not solid buff. Hackle tipped.
Wing bar and secondaries laced, and primaries tipped. Tail, sickles and coverts laced.
Female Plumage:
Except that the wing primaries are tipped, the colours and
markings including the crest, are buff ground and white lacing.
Requirements:
Muffling - mottled or laced, not solid buff.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Gold Laced
Male Plumage:
Golden bay ground with black markings. Crest: black at roots and tips,
and free as possible of whole white feathers.
Hackle tipped. Back and saddle distinctly laced or spangled at the tips. Breast, thighs,
shoulders and wings: laced except primaries which are tipped. Tail laced, the ends of the
sickles well splashed.
Female Plumage:
Golden bay ground with black lacing, each feather distinctly
marked and free as possible from splashes.
Requirements:
Muffling - mottled or laced, not solid black.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Silver Laced
Male Plumage:
Silver ground with black markings. Crest: black at roots and tips,
and free as possible of whole white feathers.
Hackle tipped. Back and saddle distinctly laced or spangled at the tips. Breast, thighs,
shoulders and wings: laced except primaries which are tipped. Tail laced, the ends of the
sickles well splashed.
Female Plumage:
Silver ground with black lacing, each feather distinctly
marked and free as possible from splashes.
Requirements:
Muffling - mottled or laced, not solid silver.
Beak - dark blue or horn.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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White-crested Black
Male and Female Plumage:
Rich black with a beetle-green sheen,
except the crest which is snow white, with a a black band at base of crest in front.
Requirements:
Non-bearded - red wattles.
Beak - dark blue.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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White-crested Blue
Male and Female Plumage:
Solid dark blue (self coloured). Crest snow white, with a
a blue band at base of crest in front.
Requirements:
Non-bearded - red wattles.
Beak - dark blue.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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White-crested Cuckoo
Male and Female Plumage:
Barred white & grey plumage,
except the crest which is snow white, with a barred band at base of crest in front.
Requirements:
Non-bearded - red wattles.
Beak - dark blue.
Eyes, comb (preference for no comb) and face - red.
Ear-lobes - white.
Legs and feet - dark blue.
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Frizzled or Straight
Frizzled plumage is made up of feathers which are curved back towards the head, example is the
Self White Frizzled to the left.
The straight plumage goes away from their head, example is the Self Black to the right.
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Bearded or Non-bearded
In the Bearded varieties, the wattles are covered over or are very small
with a beard & muffle, example is the Self Blue to the left.
In the Non-bearded varieties, the wattles
must be able to be seen & be red in colour, example is the White-crested Blue to the right.
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White-crested, Self or Laced |
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In the White-crested varieties, the crest must be all white except for a small
band of colour in the front, being the same colour as the body of the bird,
example is the White-crested Black above.
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In the Laced varieties, the crest and body must be of the same colouring,
with each feather must have a lacing or spangled pattern, example
is the Gold-Laced above.
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In the Self varieties, the crest and body must be of the same colouring,
example is the Self Black above.
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