Split Orangeface


 

Orangeface is what we call "semi-dominant." That means that a bird split to Orangeface is visually different from a "normal" peachface as well as from an Orangeface, with a color somewhere in between.

 

The Orangeface split is most visible in the bib, as is shown in the photo above of the babies.

The bird on the left is split to Orangeface. Her bib is more of a persimmon color, with a more "warm" yellowed-red. The non-split bird on the right has a more "cool", blue-red bib.

 

Again, the bird on the left is normal and the one on the right is split to Orangeface. (written "/OF")

 

And a close-up of the adult birds.

The one on the left is /OF, and the one on the right is a "normal."