Ringneck Dove
(Streptopelia risoria)
3/1/07
Click on the LISTED COLOR to view pictures & information on each. I will be updating the pictures as better ones become available which show the color better and also any data which is proven or corrected. If you have a picture which shows the color better then one posted send it to IDS so it can be added. Some birds are not exactly as seen in these pictures; hidden genes may affect some colors & thus cause the many shade variances seen in the same or different lines of the same mutant.

The "pied", "silky", "tufted", "crested" & "frosty" mutants can be produced in any of the known colors. "Frosty" is also a co-dominate & can affect the visual coloration or pattern of the mutant it is combined with (check the Color Evolution Chart - any mutant with Fr has "frosty").
SIMPLE BREEDING COMBINATIONS RINGNECK DOVES
Albino	Ivory			Roan
Apricot	Light Ash			Rosy
Ash	Light Cream			Silky
Blond/Fawn	Orange			Show or Blond Ivory
Blond Frosty	Orange Neck			Silver Ivory
Bulleyed White	Orange Pearled			Snow White
Champagne	Orange White Back			Tangerine
Chinmoy	Pattern Pied			Tangerine Pearled
Cream	Peach			Tangerine White Back
Cream Pied	Peach Frosty			Tufted
Crested	Pied			Violet Neck
Frosty	Pink			White
Ice	Platinum			Wild Type
Several fanciers with an insight into the genetics have been discussing some changes of the current color names being used. I agree with the changes presented to me & updated some of the names currently used to reflect the preferred or genetically correct name of the visual mutant. Both names are listed on the mutant page. With enough input the ADA will consider forming a committee to review the color names & bring them into conformity with the known genetics.

Ringneck Doves as Pets & Basic Care Sheets (This Care Sheet can be Printed Out & Shared)			Handfeeding Information Excellent Information by Sara Whitby
Doves-Pigeons Yahoo Email Group	Articles - Table of Contents		Great Handfeeding Tool & Easy to Make		Recipes - Treats & Handfeeding Formulas
Aviaries, Flights, Breeder Cages	Types of Waterers		Hatchling Comparisons		Juvenile Comparisons
Homemade & Store Bought Bird  Feeders	Different Types of Nests		Pearled/Minimal Pearled
Simple Cardboard Nest Plans	Leg Bands		Frosty & Pied Are They Alleles?		FROSTY & PIED GRIZZLE
Ringneck Genetics	Banding Your Baby Dove		Blond & White Ringneck		Tufted or Crested
Dove & Pigeon Hybrids			Breeder's Pages		Record Keeping Forms
Determine Your Dove's Age	Purina Pigeon Pellets		Fertile Eggs Pictures		Egg Laying Timetable
Ringneck Calls & Short Movies			Double Egg Shell ?		Egg Hatching Results
Breeding Chart Combinations (pdf format) The Dove Page - same info as in the above Chart, just in a different format			Ringneck/Eurasian Collared Undertail Comparison
MOSIAC - A Unique Ringneck	Book Page		A Mathematical Formula to Determine What Offspring Can be Produced from a Given Pair of Ringnecks !
			RINGNECK BOOK AVAILABLE Excellent Info & Pictures -Order a copy today
ADA RINGNECK SHOW STANDARDS		COLOR EVOLUTION CHART		Ringneck Behavior Picturess
Excellent web site that will predict the outcome for any pair of Ringnecks with known genotype

EUROPEAN RINGNECK DOVE COLORS
IDS thanks Hein van Grouw of the Netherlands & Fanch Gouvrés of France for supplying excellent pictures of the European Ringneck Colors. IDS also thanks Paul Gibson for translating Hein's book on the Ringneck colors from Dutch to English so the descriptions could be included with the pictures.

                                                                                               
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