I never really cared what type of dilution gene Finnie had, I just knew she was beautiful.

 

But one time Shannon Birdbreeder had a pretty clearwing that reminded me of Finnie, so I decided to label her as clearwing.

 

If not, then she's probably Full Body Clearwing, since her body color seems so bright.

 

And I'm pretty sure she's violet, although a lot of times her photos appear cobalt. But people who visit me always ask about the "purple" one, so I figure I'm not too far off.

 

So to welcome our new member Clearwing, I will go to photbucket and pull out as many good photos of Finnie as I can find, and we will have our first try at picking his brains!

 

Pay no attention to the opaline cock trying to stare you down :fear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two are the only ones I have that show her tail.

 

 

 

So, can we make any verdicts based on these pics?

Edited January 8, 201015 yr by Finnie

My guess is greywing. But then, it is very hard to tell.

I would say greywing.

 

okay going on this picture

im going to say a clearwing

the reason i say this is that greywings specially full bodyed which if it was a grey wing it would have to be ...

are darker grey in tail turning the tail more off coloured to the body

this tail is a lovley strong colour blue ...ish so im going clearwing heavily marked as the patches are out specially if its a violet bird or violet carrier

by way is the dom in this picture a clearwing it does look greywing to me but its at a distance and looking at its cheeks it screamsgreywing as it has light violet cheek patches is its tail grey as if so its a grey wing and you should be able to deturmon off it if your bird in question is greywing or clear ...i say its clear ,but you know pics ....

It is a Greywing. It has clearly defined dark throats spots. Grey markings are well defined and quite dark. Clearwings generally have pale porrly defined spots and the grey markings although sometimes heavy are usually quite fuzzy in appearance.

Wow, everybody, thank you! You have confirmed that I was right to be confused.

 

Well, GB, I think we can safely say she is not clearwing. The tail you thought was blue, is really quite grey. Well, it starts out blue near the rump, and goes grey further down. I know exactly what you meant about pictures!

 

What RIP says about the throat spots and clearly defined markings makes sense, too. My confusion always came in because when I bought her, before she moulted, I thought she was a pretty pale bird with pearly white wings, and then she turned into a dark blue/purple bird with dark grey wings, but in some lights when I look at her from a distance, the wings still look very pale in comparison to the body. Exactly like the picture that GB said "clearwing".

 

So I guess she must be greywing, or full body color greywing.

 

Unfortunately, GB, that dom pied was my Nigel who died in July. I can't compare them, and I didn't get to see him go through a moult- his 1st was over when I got him. I think, if I remember correctly, that his tail was all white. Also, his body was such a lovely pale blue, that I was tempted to label him "dilute". I suppose I could look for more pics of him, just for educational purposes. It would pretty much be on topic here.