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Mar

30

Standard: LIZARD CANARIES (type)

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LIZARD CANARIES (Type Canary)

Lizard canary standardLizard Standard

Spangles Regularity and distinctness. 25 points
Feather Quality Tightness and silkiness. 15 points
Ground Colour Depth and evenness. 10 points
Breast Extent and regularity of rowing. 10 points
Wings and Tail Neatness and darkness. 10 points
Cap Neatness and shape. 10 points
Covert Feathers Lacing. 5 points
Eyelash Regularity and clarity. 5 points
Beak, Legs and Feet Darkness. 5 points
Steadiness and Staging Clean and in perfect health. Correctly staged. 5 points

TOTAL:

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100 points

Classifications:
Silver cap
Gold cap
Silver cap, broken
Gold cap, broken
All non-capped
Any Blue or Brown
Any other colour

Lizard Silver Clear Cap Lizard Gold Clear Cap
Lizard Silver Clear Cap Lizard Gold Clear Cap
Lizard Silver Non-Cap Lizard Broken Cap
Lizard Silver Non-Cap Lizard Broken Cap
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Mar

30

Standard: LIPOCHROME COLOURBRED CANARIES

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LIPOCHROME COLOURBRED CANARIES
- All clear birds, no melanin.

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Lipochrome colour 50 points
Position 10 points
Size 10 points
Conformation 10 points
Feather 15 points
Condition 5 points
TOTAL: ————– 
100 points

Classifications:
RED GROUND INTENSIVE
Red Intensive
Rubino Intensive

RED GROUND FROST
Red Frost
Rubino Frost

YELLOW GROUND INTENSIVE & FROST
Yellow Intensive
Yellow Frost
Lutino Intensive or Frost

WHITE GROUND DOMINANT & RECESSIVE
White Dominant
White Recessive
Albino Dominant or Recessive

IVORIES
Rose Ivory Intensive
Rose Ivory Frost
Rubino Ivory Intensive or Frost
Yellow Ivory Intensive or Frost
Lutino Ivory Intensive or Frost

MOSAIC (DIMORPHIC) MALES AND FEMALES
Red Mosaic
Red Ivory Mosaic
Rubino Mosaic
Yellow Mosaic
Yellow Ivory Mosaic
Lutino Mosaic

***  Rubinos, Lutinos, Albinos are red eyed Lipochrome once from either Inos or Satinets.  Being Lopochrome White Ground, it is impossible to distinguish either mutation;  so we call them Rubinos Red Ground, Lutinos Yellow Ground or Albinos White Ground.

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Mar

30

Standards: MELANIN COLOURBRED CANARIES (Classic)

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MELANIN COLOURBRED – NEW COLOUR CANARIES

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Melanin Pigment 30 points
Grond Colour 20 points
Position 10 points
Size 10 points
Conformation 10 points
Feather 15 points
Condition 5 points
TOTAL: ————–
100 points

CLASSIC
Bronze Intensive
Bronze Ivory Intensive

BRONZE FROST INCLUDING IVORY
Bronze Frost
Bronze Ivory Frost

RED BROWNS & ISABEL INCLUDING IVORY
Red Brown Intensive
Red Brown Frost
Rose Brown Intensive or Frost

RED AGATE & ISABEL INCLUDING IVORY
Red Agate Intensive
Red Agate Frost
Rose Agate Intensive or Frost
Red Isabel Intensive
Red Isable Frost
Rose Isabel Intensive or Frost

YELLOW & WHITE (GOLD & SILVER)
Green Intensive
Green Frost
Green Ivory Intensive or Frost
Blue Intensive
Blue Frost
Blue Ivory Intensive or Frost
Gold Brown Intensive or Frost
Gold Brown Ivory Intensive or Frost
Silver Brown Dominant or Recessive
Gold Agate Intensive or Frost
Gold Agate Ivory Intensive or Frost
Silver Agate Dominate or Recessive
Gold Isabel Intensive or Frost
Gold Isabel Ivory Intensive or Frost
Siler Isabel Dominant or Recessive

CLASSIC MELANIN MOSAICS
Bronze Ivory
Green & Ivory
Red Brown & Ivory
Gold Brown & Ivory
Red Agate & Ivory
Gold Agate & Ivory
Red Isabel & Ivory
Gold Isabel & Ivory

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Mar

30

Standards: NEW COLOUR CANARIES

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MELANIN COLOURBRED – NEW COLOUR CANARIES

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Melanin Pigment 30 points
Grond Colour 20 points
Position 10 points
Size 10 points
Conformation 10 points
Feather 15 points
Condition 5 points
TOTAL: ————–100 points

ALL OPALS
Bronze Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Blue Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Agate Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Agate Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Agate Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Isabel Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Isabel Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Isabel Opal Dominant or Recessive

ALL INOS
Bronze Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Blue Ino Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Ino Dominant or Recessive
Any other Ino

ALL SATINETS
Red Satinet Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Satinet Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Satinet Dominant or Recessive

ALL PASTELS
Bronze Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Bronze Grey Wing
Green Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green rey Wing
Blue Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Blue Grey Wing Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Rd Agate Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Agate Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivoy
Silver Agate Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Red Isabel Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Isabel Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Isabel Pastel Dominant or Recessive

ALL MOSAICS (DIMORPHIC)
Opals in Red and Ivory
Opals in Gold and Ivory
Inos in Red and Ivory
Inos in Gold and Ivory
Satinets in Red and Ivory
Satinets in Gold and Ivory
Pastels in Red and Ivory
Pastels in Gold and Ivory
Topazes in Red and Ivory
Topazes in Gold and Ivory
All Eumos in ed or Yellow and Ivory
All Onyx in Red or Yellow and Ivory

NEW MELANIN MUTATIONS – TOPAZ, EUMOS, ONYX AND

SISKIN CROSSES/MULES
All Topaz in Red, Yellow and White
All Eumos in Red, Yellow and White
All Onyx in Red, Yellow and White
Red Siskin Crosses

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Mar

24

Standards: FIFE CANARY

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Sideview Fife Standard 

Back Fife Standard

Head Small, round and neat when viewed from any angle. Eyes near centre, dark and bright. Beak fine. 10 points
Neck Moulded smoothly into body, showing curve at nape. 5 points
Body Back well filled and nicely rounded but not heavy, the line gradually tapering to the vent. 15 points
Wings Compact, carried close to the body, meeting at the tips just below the root of the tail. 5 points
Tail Close packed and narrow, nicely rounded and filled in at the root. 5 points
Legs and Feet Medium length showing a little thigh. Feet proportinate. 5 points
Colour Natural rich soft and pure, as level in tint as possible throughout. 10 points
Plumage Close, firm and fine, presenting a smooth glossy silky appearance and free from frills or roughness. 10 points
Position & Carriage Semi-erect standing at about 60 degree angle. Alert and jaunty, moving confidently between perches. 10 points
Condition Clean and in perfect health. Correctly staged. 5 points
Size Ideal length: 115mm / 4.5 inches or less. Tendency to the diminutive. 20 points

TOTAL:

 ————–  100 points

SHOW CAGE

The show cage for the Fife canary is the Dewar show cage. This is the same cage as used for the Border canary except that the perches are 1/2 inch diameter instead of 5/8 inch for the Border and the gap between them is one wire less i.e. position one perch at the drinker hole then count 6 wires and position the second perch.

Overall length 12 5/8 inches
Overall Width 4 3/4 inches
Overall Height 11 inches and ends 9 inches
Base 3/32 inches thick
Bottom Rail 1 3/8 inches wide x 3/16 inches thick
Corner Posts 3 1/4 inches long x 3/16 inches square
Seed Drawer  1 ½ inches long x ¾ inch wide
Drawer Handle ½ inch x No. 6 round head screw
Drinking Hole 7/8 inch long x ¾ inch wide
Crossbar 4 ½ inches from base inside
Frame 16 gauge wire
Filling 18 gauge wire
Perches 1/2 inch in diameter. The gap between them is one wire less. Position one perch at the drinker hole then count 6 wires and position the second perch.

Fife canary show cage

 Variegated Cinnamon Fife  Variegated Fife Canary  Variegated Blue Canary
Variegated Cinnamon Fife Variegated Fife Variegated Blue Fife
Colour / Color Description
Yellow An intense yellow. Not washed-out or pale. Also called Intensive Yellow. The Yellow is lipochrome – a fat-soluble dye that colours the feathers.
Buff A paler shade of yellow. Also known as Frosted. This is caused by the bird having bigger and more rounded feathers, where the edge is frosted white.
White A white canary is “white” and may have very slight tinges of yellow on its flanks.
Green This is a yellow or buff bird with a black and brown “melanin” pigment superimposed over their ground colour that gives the bird a greenish appearance. The wild and original canaries are this colour. A true green bird also has dark skin on legs and feet.
Cinnamon This is a yellow or buff bird with a brown only melanin pigment superimposed over their ground colour which gives the bird a brownish appearance. Cinnamons have pink eyes which can be observed easily when first born.
Blue Blue is a white bird with a black and brown melanin pigment superimposed over their white ground colour which gives the bird a bluish appearance.
fawn fawn is a white bird with Cinnamon – brown only melanin pigment superimposed over their ground colour which gives the bird a tan/light brown appearance.
Grizzled Any coloured bird with a patch of light grey. Show-term.
Lightly Variegated The bird has less than 50% dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
Heavily Variegated The bird has more than 50%-75% dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
3 Parts Dark The bird has 75% or more dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
Clear Clear bird is all yellow, all buff or all white – no markings at all.
Ticked The bird has a single small patch of dark feathers. A ticked bird would have a single green, cinnamon, blue or fawn mark coverable by the size of a penny or 3 flights next to each other forming a solid mark in either a wing or tail. Show-term.
Self A self bird should have no light markings so would be all green or all cinnamon or all blue or all fawn.
Foul A Foul bird is the opposite to a ticked bird. The bird has a single light mark coverable by the size of a penny or 3 light flights next to each other forming a solid mark in either a wing or tail.
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